looien
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lôyen, louwen, loën, from Middle Dutch loo (“treebark”), from Old Dutch *lō, from Proto-West Germanic *lauw, from Proto-Germanic *lawwą (“loosened material, treebark, tan”).[1]
Verb
looien
- to tan (leather)
Conjugation
| Conjugation of looien (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | looien | |||
| past singular | looide | |||
| past participle | gelooid | |||
| infinitive | looien | |||
| gerund | looien n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | looi | looide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | looit, looi2 | looide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | looit | looide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | looit | looide | ||
| 3rd person singular | looit | looide | ||
| plural | looien | looiden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | looie | looide | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | looien | looiden | ||
| imperative sing. | looi | |||
| imperative plur.1 | looit | |||
| participles | looiend | gelooid | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “looien1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
looien (not comparable)
- (now dialectal) Alternative form of loden
- 1979, Rubberen Robbie, De Ambulance:
- Iedere avond bal, knokken tot in de hal, ’k heb een looien pijp voor het geval.
- Every night a ball, brawling up into the hall, I’ve got a lead pipe just in case.