sijpelen
Dutch
Etymology
A frequentative form with suffix -elen of the Early Modern sijpen (“to drip”), from Middle Dutch sīpen, from Old Dutch [Term?], 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
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Verb
sijpelen
- to trickle, seep, drip
Inflection
| Inflection of sijpelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sijpelen | |||
| past singular | sijpelde | |||
| past participle | gesijpeld | |||
| infinitive | sijpelen | |||
| gerund | sijpelen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| 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. | ||||
References
- Etymologiebank entry