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Other Verb Stems
Dutch words don't end in V or Z. If removing the ‑EN ending of a verb infinitive would result in a stem ending in V or Z, V will change to F or Z will change to S, for instance: blazen click to hear 2 3 'to blow'  [right arrow]  blaas click to hear 2
geven click to hear 2 'to give'  [right arrow]  geef click to hear

'Voiceless, unstressed E' click to hear (the 'schwa') does not follow the 'short' and ;long' vowels spelling rules. The few verbs with a 'voiceless, unstressed E' click to hear (the 'schwa') followed by a consonant before the ‑EN ending — the stem of these verbs just remove the ‑EN from the infinitive, for instance: luisteren click to hear 'to listen'  [right arrow]  luister click to hear 2

A few verb infinitives don't end in ‑EN, like:
doen click to hear 2 3 'to do'   [right arrow] doe click to hear
zien click to hear 'to see'   [right arrow] zie click to hear the OE in doen  is a diphthong, and IE in zien  is a long i zijn click to hear 'to be'   [right arrow] various, irregular
gaan click to hear 'to go'   [right arrow] ga click to hear 2
staan click to hear 'to stand'   [right arrow] sta
slaan click to hear 2 'to hit, slap'   [right arrow] sla click to hear

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