afdruipen

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Dutch

Etymology

From af +‎ druipen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑfdrœy̯pə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: af‧drui‧pen

Verb

afdruipen

  1. (intransitive) to drip off, to drain
    Het zeepsop droop langzaam van de borden af. ― The suds dripped slowly from the plates.
  2. (intransitive) to slink away shamefully
    Er zat na die onverwacht felle tegenstand niet veel anders op dan af te druipen.
    After the unexpectedly fierce resistance, there was little else to do but slink away.

Inflection

Conjugation of afdruipen (strong class 2b, separable)
infinitive afdruipen
past singular droop af
past participle afgedropen
infinitive afdruipen
gerund afdruipen n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular druip af droop af afdruip afdroop
2nd person sing. (jij) druipt af droop af afdruipt afdroop
2nd person sing. (u) druipt af droop af afdruipt afdroop
2nd person sing. (gij) druipt af droopt af afdruipt afdroopt
3rd person singular druipt af droop af afdruipt afdroop
plural druipen af dropen af afdruipen afdropen
subjunctive sing.1 druipe af drope af afdruipe afdrope
subjunctive plur.1 druipen af dropen af afdruipen afdropen
imperative sing. druip af
imperative plur.1 druipt af
participles afdruipend afgedropen
1) Archaic.

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