bepotelen

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Dutch

Etymology

From be- +‎ poot +‎ -elen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈpoː.tə.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: be‧po‧te‧len

Verb

bepotelen

  1. (transitive, Southern, chiefly Belgium) to grope, to touch sexually
  2. (transitive, Southern, chiefly Belgium) to get one's hands on, to handle, to control
    • 2016, Peter Theunynck, De Slembroucks, Wereldbibliotheek:
      Arthur kan beter de Traction Avant bepotelen dan haar.
      It's better that Arthur handles the Traction Avant than that he touches her.
    • 2016 September 6, Michaël Aussems, “Aan de slag met de Surface Book: hybride met spierballen”, in ZDNet:
      Reden genoeg dus om de originele laptop eens te bepotelen.
      So there's enough cause to get our hands on the original laptop.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bepotelen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive bepotelen
past singular bepotelde
past participle bepoteld
infinitive bepotelen
gerund bepotelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bepotel bepotelde
2nd person sing. (jij) bepotelt, bepotel2 bepotelde
2nd person sing. (u) bepotelt bepotelde
2nd person sing. (gij) bepotelt bepotelde
3rd person singular bepotelt bepotelde
plural bepotelen bepotelden
subjunctive sing.1 bepotele bepotelde
subjunctive plur.1 bepotelen bepotelden
imperative sing. bepotel
imperative plur.1 bepotelt
participles bepotelend bepoteld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.