niksen
Dutch
Etymology
Verbification of niks (literally “nothing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɪk.sə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: nik‧sen
- Rhymes: -ɪksən
Verb
niksen
- (informal, intransitive) to do nothing, to loaf, to idle
- 1953 April 29, "Toon Hermans speurt naar één procent bruikbaar talent", Leeuwarder Courant, page 3.
- Hij bedoelde daarmee niet, dat hij wilde doorgaan met niksen, zoals hij nu een jaar genikst heeft.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1953 April 29, "Toon Hermans speurt naar één procent bruikbaar talent", Leeuwarder Courant, page 3.
Inflection
Inflection of niksen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | niksen | |||
past singular | nikste | |||
past participle | genikst | |||
infinitive | niksen | |||
gerund | niksen n | |||
verbal noun | — | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | niks | nikste | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | nikst | nikste | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | nikst | nikste | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | nikst | nikste | ||
3rd person singular | nikst | nikste | ||
plural | niksen | niksten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | nikse | nikste | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | niksen | niksten | ||
imperative sing. | niks | |||
imperative plur.1 | nikst | |||
participles | niksend | genikst | ||
1) Archaic. |