sluiten

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sluten, from Old Dutch *slūtan, from Proto-West Germanic *sleutan, from Proto-Germanic *slūtaną, *sleutaną (“to lock, shut”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈslœy̯tə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: slui‧ten
  • Rhymes: -œy̯tən

Verb

sluiten

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to close
    Antonym: openen
  2. (transitive) to make, to affirm (a pact, friendship etc.)
    De twee vijanden hebben vriendschap gesloten.
    The two enemies made friends.
    Ze verschilden van mening, maar ze hebben toch een compromis gesloten.
    They differed in opinion, but they still made a compromise.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sluiten (strong class 2b)
infinitive sluiten
past singular sloot
past participle gesloten
infinitive sluiten
gerund sluiten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sluit sloot
2nd person sing. (jij) sluit sloot
2nd person sing. (u) sluit sloot
2nd person sing. (gij) sluit sloot
3rd person singular sluit sloot
plural sluiten sloten
subjunctive sing.1 sluite slote
subjunctive plur.1 sluiten sloten
imperative sing. sluit
imperative plur.1 sluit
participles sluitend gesloten
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: sluit
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: slokti
  • → Saramaccan: sòotó
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