skimmen

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English skim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskɪ.mə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: skim‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɪmən

Verb

skimmen

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to skim, to read quickly and superficially
  2. (transitive) to skim, to surreptiously and fraudently scan a payment card

Inflection

Conjugation of skimmen (weak)
infinitive skimmen
past singular skimde
past participle geskimd
infinitive skimmen
gerund skimmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular skim skimde
2nd person sing. (jij) skimt skimde
2nd person sing. (u) skimt skimde
2nd person sing. (gij) skimt skimde
3rd person singular skimt skimde
plural skimmen skimden
subjunctive sing.1 skimme skimde
subjunctive plur.1 skimmen skimden
imperative sing. skim
imperative plur.1 skimt
participles skimmend geskimd
1) Archaic.

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