From Middle Dutch strelen, dialectal form of stralen, from Old Dutch *strālen, from Proto-Germanic *strēlijaną. Cognate with German dialectal form strählen.
strelen
Strelen usually carries a more sexual connotation than its synonym, aaien.
| Conjugation of strelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | strelen | |||
| past singular | streelde | |||
| past participle | gestreeld | |||
| infinitive | strelen | |||
| gerund | strelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | streel | streelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | streelt, streel2 | streelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | streelt | streelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | streelt | streelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | streelt | streelde | ||
| plural | strelen | streelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | strele | streelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | strelen | streelden | ||
| imperative sing. | streel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | streelt | |||
| participles | strelend | gestreeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||