slijpen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slipen, from Old Dutch *slīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *slīpan, from Proto-Germanic *slīpaną.

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯pən

Verb

slijpen

  1. to sharpen
  2. to grind (a lens e.g.)

Inflection

Inflection of slijpen (strong class 1)
infinitive slijpen
past singular sleep
past participle geslepen
infinitive slijpen
gerund slijpen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular slijp sleep
2nd person sing. (jij) slijpt sleep
2nd person sing. (u) slijpt sleep
2nd person sing. (gij) slijpt sleept
3rd person singular slijpt sleep
plural slijpen slepen
subjunctive sing.1 slijpe slepe
subjunctive plur.1 slijpen slepen
imperative sing. slijp
imperative plur.1 slijpt
participles slijpend geslepen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

- nouns:

- verbs:

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: sliep, slip
  • Indonesian: selip
  • Papiamentu: sleip