ze

1. Unstressed form of zij (feminine singular subject)
2. Unstressed form of zij (plural subject)
3. Unstressed form of haar (feminine singular object)
4. Unstressed form of hen, hun (plural object)

hadden

1. inflection of hebben: ## plural past indicative ## (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive
2. inflection of hebben: ## plural past indicative ## (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

herkent

1. inflection of herkennen: ## second/third-person singular present indicative ## (archaic) plural imperative
2. inflection of herkennen: ## second/third-person singular present indicative ## (archaic) plural imperative

door middel van

by means of

een

• Article

  Placed before a singular noun, indicating a general case of a person or thing: a, an. Compare with de and het.

• Num

door

• Prep

  1. through
  2. across, around (within a certain space)
  3. because of, due to
  4. by, by means of

• Adv
• Noun

middel

1. means
2. medicine, cure

van

• Prep

  1. of (possession, property)
  2. of (general association)
  3. by, of (creator)
  4. from (origin)
  5. from (starting point of a movement or change)
  6. from (starting point in time)
  7. from, off (removal of something from off something else)
  8. of, out of, from, with (cause)
  9. of, out of, with (material or resource)
  10. of, out of, among (out of a larger whole; partitive)
  11. from, was, formerly (indicating a change in price)
  12. (colloquial) like (quotative (used to introduce direct speech))

• Adv
• Noun