zuigen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sugen, from Old Dutch sūgan, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą. The meaning "be bad" is calqued from English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzœy̯.ɣə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: zui‧gen
- Rhymes: -œy̯ɣən
Verb
zuigen
- To suck
- To vacuum; to hoover
- (informal) to be bad, to suck
Inflection
| Inflection of zuigen (strong class 2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zuigen | |||
| past singular | zoog | |||
| past participle | gezogen | |||
| infinitive | zuigen | |||
| gerund | zuigen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zuig | zoog | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zuigt | zoog | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zuigt | zoog | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zuigt | zoogt | ||
| 3rd person singular | zuigt | zoog | ||
| plural | zuigen | zogen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zuige | zoge | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zuigen | zogen | ||
| imperative sing. | zuig | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zuigt | |||
| participles | zuigend | gezogen | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- afzuigen
- opzuigen
- stofzuigen
- stofzuiger
- uitzuigen
- wegzuigen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: suig
- → Sranan Tongo: soygi