rijmt

Rijmt is the third-person singular present tense form of the Dutch verb rijmen, meaning to rhyme. It is used to state that something rhymes with something else or to describe the rhyming of lines in a verse. For example, "De tweede regel rijmt met de eerste" translates to "The second line rhymes with the first."

Grammar and forms: The infinitive is rijmen. Present tense forms include ik rijm, jij rijmt, hij/zij/het rijmt, wij rijmen, jullie rijmen, zij rijmen. The past tense forms are rijmde for all persons except special irregulars, and the past participle is gerijmd. In compound tenses, rijmen is used with hebben, as in "het heeft gerijmd" (it has rhymed).

Usage and nuances: Rijmt is common in discussions of poetry, song lyrics, and language learning. It can describe an actual rhyming relationship between words or lines, as in "dit couplet rijmt," or be used to comment on a verse’s rhyming scheme. In everyday language, phrases like "het rijmt niet" mean "it does not rhyme," while "dat rijmt met" introduces a comparison to another rhyme.

Etymology: The verb rijmen derives from the Dutch noun rijm, meaning rhyme. The noun itself denotes the conventional correspondence of sounds at line endings in poetry and is cognate with related terms in other Germanic languages.