luchtfietsen
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of lucht (“sky, air”) + fietsen (“to bicycle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlʏxtˌfit.sə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: lucht‧fiet‧sen
Verb
luchtfietsen
- (chiefly used nominally, intransitive) to engage in fantastical or fanciful thinking
- (intransitive) to make pedalling motions in the air with one's legs, as if cycling
- (intransitive) to bicycle through the air (on an airborne bicycle)
Inflection
| Inflection of luchtfietsen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | luchtfietsen | |||
| past singular | luchtfietste | |||
| past participle | geluchtfietst | |||
| infinitive | luchtfietsen | |||
| gerund | luchtfietsen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | luchtfiets | luchtfietste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | luchtfietst | luchtfietste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | luchtfietst | luchtfietste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | luchtfietst | luchtfietste | ||
| 3rd person singular | luchtfietst | luchtfietste | ||
| plural | luchtfietsen | luchtfietsten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | luchtfietse | luchtfietste | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | luchtfietsen | luchtfietsten | ||
| imperative sing. | luchtfiets | |||
| imperative plur.1 | luchtfietst | |||
| participles | luchtfietsend | geluchtfietst | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||