Maakte

Maakte is the simple past tense (preterite) form of the Dutch verb maken, meaning to make or to do. It denotes a completed action in the past and is used with a singular subject. For plural subjects, the past tense is maakten, as in wij maakten, jullie maakten, zij maakten. The formal you (u) also uses maakte, as in u maakte. The form geldt for all third-person singular and second-person singular subjects in the past.

Conjugation and forms: ik maakte; jij maakte; hij/zij/het maakte; wij maakten; jullie maakten; zij maakten; u maakte. The corresponding past participle is gemaakt, and it is used with have to form the present perfect: ik heb gemaakt (I have made).

Usage and context: maakte appears in narrative or descriptive past constructions. It is appropriate for describing a completed action at a specific time or during a defined period in the past, often accompanied by time expressions such as gisteren (yesterday), toen (then), vorige week (last week). It is distinct from the present tense maken, which expresses current or general actions (ik maak).

Etymology and morphology: maken is a Dutch verb from the West Germanic language family. Maakte is the weak-verb preterite formed by adding a past-tense suffix to the stem maak-; the stem remains unchanged aside from this suffix, with spelling aligning to Dutch phonology. The past participle is gemaakt, used with hebben to form the present perfect.

See also: maken, gemaakt.