flikflooien

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Dutch

Etymology

From flikken (“to hit, to flatter, to fix”) +‎ vlooien (“to flatter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪkfloːi̯ə(n)/
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Verb

flikflooien

  1. (transitive) to butter up, flatter hoping for profit in return
  2. (intransitive) to practice flattery, sycophancy
  3. (intransitive) to resort to dubious methods or ploys

Conjugation

Conjugation of flikflooien (weak)
infinitive flikflooien
past singular flikflooide
past participle geflikflooid
infinitive flikflooien
gerund flikflooien n
present tense past tense
1st person singular flikflooi flikflooide
2nd person sing. (jij) flikflooit, flikflooi2 flikflooide
2nd person sing. (u) flikflooit flikflooide
2nd person sing. (gij) flikflooit flikflooide
3rd person singular flikflooit flikflooide
plural flikflooien flikflooiden
subjunctive sing.1 flikflooie flikflooide
subjunctive plur.1 flikflooien flikflooiden
imperative sing. flikflooi
imperative plur.1 flikflooit
participles flikflooiend geflikflooid
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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