sijpelen

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A frequentative with suffix -elen of early modern sijpen (to drip), from Proto-West Germanic *sīpan, from Middle Dutch sīpen, from Proto-Germanic *sīpaną (compare English seep), from Proto-Indo-European *seib, *sib- (to pour out, drip, trickle) (compare Latin sēbum (suet, tallow), Ancient Greek εἴβω (eíbō, to drop, drip)).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛi̯.pə.lə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sij‧pe‧len

Verb[edit]

sijpelen

  1. to trickle, to seep

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of sijpelen (weak)
infinitive sijpelen
past singular sijpelde
past participle gesijpeld
infinitive sijpelen
gerund sijpelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sijpel sijpelde
2nd person sing. (jij) sijpelt sijpelde
2nd person sing. (u) sijpelt sijpelde
2nd person sing. (gij) sijpelt sijpelde
3rd person singular sijpelt sijpelde
plural sijpelen sijpelden
subjunctive sing.1 sijpele sijpelde
subjunctive plur.1 sijpelen sijpelden
imperative sing. sijpel
imperative plur.1 sijpelt
participles sijpelend gesijpeld
1) Archaic.

Descendants[edit]

  • Afrikaans: sypel
  • Papiamentu: sipel, ziepel, zipel

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