kruipen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch crupen, from Old Dutch *crūpan, from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrœy̯pə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: krui‧pen
  • Rhymes: -œy̯pən

Verb

kruipen

  1. (intransitive) to crawl
  2. (intransitive) to creep

Conjugation

Conjugation of kruipen (strong class 2b)
infinitive kruipen
past singular kroop
past participle gekropen
infinitive kruipen
gerund kruipen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kruip kroop
2nd person sing. (jij) kruipt kroop
2nd person sing. (u) kruipt kroop
2nd person sing. (gij) kruipt kroopt
3rd person singular kruipt kroop
plural kruipen kropen
subjunctive sing.1 kruipe krope
subjunctive plur.1 kruipen kropen
imperative sing. kruip
imperative plur.1 kruipt
participles kruipend gekropen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kruip
  • Negerhollands: krup, kryb