From Middle Dutch schrimpen, from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Proto-West Germanic *skrimpan, from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”). Cognate to English scrimp (Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”)). Related to Dutch schrompelen and schrinken.
schrimpen
Conjugation of schrimpen (strong class 3a) | ||||
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infinitive | schrimpen | |||
past singular | schromp | |||
past participle | geschrompen | |||
infinitive | schrimpen | |||
gerund | schrimpen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | schrimp | schromp | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | schrimpt, schrimp2 | schromp | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | schrimpt | schromp | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | schrimpt | schrompt | ||
3rd person singular | schrimpt | schromp | ||
plural | schrimpen | schrompen | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | schrimpe | schrompe | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | schrimpen | schrompen | ||
imperative sing. | schrimp | |||
imperative plur.1 | schrimpt | |||
participles | schrimpend | geschrompen | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |