Editing Plautdietsch (section)

====Strong verbs====
As in English and Dutch, some verbs have a vowel change in past tense and past participle. As in German, some verbs might have a vowel change in second and third person of the singular in present tense as well. A few verbs that are strong in German are weak in Plautdietsch, but many German weak verbs are strong in Plautdietsch. However, when compared with Dutch and English, those are strong, too.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! ekj
! du
! hee, see, daut
! wie, jie, see
! ____ wie, jie
|-
! colspan="6" | finjen, to find
|-
| present
| finj
| finjst
| finjt
| finjen
| finj
|-
| past
| funk
| fungst
| funk
| fungen
| fung
|-
| Imperative
|
| finj (du)
|
| finjt (jie)
|-
! colspan="6" | sieekjen, to seek
|-
| present
| sieekj
| sieekjst
| sieekjt
| sieekjen
| sieekj
|-
| past
| socht
| sochst
| socht
| sochten
| socht
|-
| Imperative
|
| sieekj (du)
|
| sieekjt (jie)
|-
! colspan="6" | sajen, to say
|-
| present
| saj
| sajchst
| sajcht
| sajen
| saj
|-
| past
| säd
| sätst
| säd
| säden
| säd
|-
| Imperative
|
| saj (du)
|
| sajcht (jie)
|-
! colspan="6" | jäwen, to give
|-
| present
| jäw
| jefst
| jeft
| jäwen
| jäw
|-
| past
| jeef
| jeefst
| jeef
| jeewen
| jeew
|-
| Imperative
|
| jeff (du)
|
| jäft (jie)
|-

! colspan="6" | schriewen, to write
|-
| present
| schriew
| schrifst
| schrift
| schriewen
| schriew
|-
| past
| schreef
| schreefst
| schreef
| schreewen
| schreew
|-
| Imperative
|
| schriew (du)
|
| schrieft (jie)
|-
! colspan="6" | moaken, to make
|-
| present
| moak
| moakst
| moakt
| moaken
|-
| past
| müak
| müakst
| müak
| müaken
|-
|Imperative
|
| moak{dü}
|
| moakt{jie}
|}
GENERALITIES: Vowel changes in present tense are somewhat predictable: long '''ie''' and '''u''' change into short '''i'''; long '''ä/o''' change into '''e''' or '''a'''; diphthongs '''äa''' and '''oa''' are simplified to '''a'''.

The first and third person of the past tense are identical (as in weak verbs).

With only a few exceptions (like the verb sajen), all voiced consonants are devoiced in the three persons of the singular past, the nasal '''ng''' and '''nj''' are retained in second person, but devoiced in first and third person.

The past tense has the same vowel through all persons.

If there is a vowel change from '''ä''' to '''e''' or '''a''' in the present tense, that feature is retained in the singular imperative.

The plural form for wie/jie in the inverted word order keep the final consonant voiced.