pluimen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -œy̯mən

Noun

pluimen

  1. plural of pluim

Verb

pluimen

  1. (transitive) to remove the plumage from, as before cooking a bird
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to skin financially
    Nadat hij zijn vader jarenlang had gepluimd hoopte hij vergeefs op een vette erfenis
    After skinning his dad for years, he hoped in vain for a fat inheritance

Conjugation

Conjugation of pluimen (weak)
infinitive pluimen
past singular pluimde
past participle gepluimd
infinitive pluimen
gerund pluimen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pluim pluimde
2nd person sing. (jij) pluimt, pluim2 pluimde
2nd person sing. (u) pluimt pluimde
2nd person sing. (gij) pluimt pluimde
3rd person singular pluimt pluimde
plural pluimen pluimden
subjunctive sing.1 pluime pluimde
subjunctive plur.1 pluimen pluimden
imperative sing. pluim
imperative plur.1 pluimt
participles pluimend gepluimd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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