liplezen
Dutch
Etymology
lip + lezen
Pronunciation
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Verb
liplezen
- to read lips
- [...] nee, in een close up van Wesley vlak na het doelpunt liplazen wij duidelijk twee keer het woord ´Robben.´[1]- no, in a close up of Wesley, just after the goal, we clearly discerned the word ´Robben´ by lip reading.
Usage notes
- This word is mostly used in its infinitive form to mean lip reading and hence uses the definite article het. Other forms are sporadically attested.
Inflection
| Inflection of liplezen (strong class 5, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | liplezen | |||
| past singular | las lip | |||
| past participle | lipgelezen | |||
| infinitive | liplezen | |||
| gerund | liplezen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | lees lip | las lip | liplees | liplas |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | leest lip | las lip | lipleest | liplas |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | leest lip | las lip | lipleest | liplas |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | leest lip | laast lip | lipleest | liplaast |
| 3rd person singular | leest lip | las lip | lipleest | liplas |
| plural | lezen lip | lazen lip | liplezen | liplazen |
| subjunctive sing.1 | leze lip | laze lip | lipleze | liplaze |
| subjunctive plur.1 | lezen lip | lazen lip | liplezen | liplazen |
| imperative sing. | lees lip | |||
| imperative plur.1 | leest lip | |||
| participles | liplezend | lipgelezen | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
References
- Was die Presse schreibt ... - Kein Keloel 2008
Gekrenkte sinaasappels
Nico Dijkshoorn
Anagrams
- lezen lip