Reserveer

Reserveer is a Dutch verb meaning to reserve or book something in advance, such as a table, hotel room, seats, or tickets. It is commonly used in hospitality, travel, and event contexts. The verb itself is regular and belongs to the -eren group, and it is often used interchangeably with boeken in everyday language, though reserveren emphasizes holding or securing availability.

Etymology and usage: reserveer comes from the French verb réserver, adopted into Dutch with the sense of setting aside an item or space for a particular person. In Dutch, you can say ik reserveer een tafel, we reserveren een kamer, or u wilt reserveren. The noun form is reservering, referring to the act of making a reservation or the reserved slot itself. People also speak of een geboekte reservering or een gereserveerde tafel.

Conjugation and examples: infinitive reserveren; present tense forms include ik reserveer, jij reserveert, hij reserveert, wij reserveren, jullie reserveren, zij reserveren. The imperative singular is Reserveer (a table, please). Perfect tense is ik heb gereserveerd; past tense is ik reserveerde (plural: reserveerden). The past participle is gereserveerd, used with hebben to form compound tenses, as in Ik heb een kamer gereserveerd.

Notes: reserveren is common across service industries and increasingly occurs online via reserveringssystemen. Related terms include reservering (the reservation) and gereserveerd (reserved). While reserveren is precise about securing availability, many contexts also use boeken as a broader synonym.