From Middle Dutch bruken, from Old Dutch *brūkan, from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną. Cognate to English brook and German brauchen.
bruiken
Conjugation of bruiken (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | bruiken | |||
past singular | bruikte | |||
past participle | gebruikt | |||
infinitive | bruiken | |||
gerund | bruiken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | bruik | bruikte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | bruikt, bruik2 | bruikte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | bruikt | bruikte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | bruikt | bruikte | ||
3rd person singular | bruikt | bruikte | ||
plural | bruiken | bruikten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | bruike | bruikte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | bruiken | bruikten | ||
imperative sing. | bruik | |||
imperative plur.1 | bruikt | |||
participles | bruikend | gebruikt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |