tobben

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tobben.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.bə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: tob‧ben
  • Rhymes: -ɔbən

Verb

tobben

  1. (intransitive) to worry
  2. (intransitive) to flair or move repeatedly, to churn, to thrash
  3. (obsolete) to bother, to harass

Conjugation

Conjugation of tobben (weak)
infinitive tobben
past singular tobde
past participle getobd
infinitive tobben
gerund tobben n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tob tobde
2nd person sing. (jij) tobt, tob2 tobde
2nd person sing. (u) tobt tobde
2nd person sing. (gij) tobt tobde
3rd person singular tobt tobde
plural tobben tobden
subjunctive sing.1 tobbe tobde
subjunctive plur.1 tobben tobden
imperative sing. tob
imperative plur.1 tobt
participles tobbend getobd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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