duurt

Duur t is a Dutch verb meaning to last or to take a certain amount of time. The form du urt is the present tense used for third-person singular subjects, as in Het duurt lang, meaning It lasts a long time. The infinitive of the verb is duuren, and the verb is intransitive, describing how long something continues without taking a direct object.

In ordinary usage, duuren describes the duration of events or processes. Common questions and statements include Hoe lang duurt het? (How long does it take?) and De film duurt twee uur (The movie lasts two hours). The past tense is duurde, as in De vergadering duurde drie uur. The perfect tense uses the participle geduurd, for example Het heeft lang geduurd. The present participle duurend exists mostly in compound forms or adjectival phrases.

Etymology and related forms: duuren originates from Old Dutch and shares a family with the German dauern and the English endure, reflecting a common Germanic root related to duration and endurance. In Dutch, duur can be a noun meaning duration or a separate adjective meaning expensive, and these forms are etymologically related to the verb's sense of lasting or taking time.

See also: duur, a noun meaning duration; duur, an adjective meaning expensive. These related terms reflect the broader sense of time, value, and endurance connected to the verb duuren and its present form duurt.