verhaspelen

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Dutch

Etymology

From haspel (reel) +‎ ver- -en, presumably with the idea of getting one's tongue tied up on a reel. Compare German verhaspeln.

Pronunciation

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Verb

verhaspelen

  1. to mangle, to mess up
  2. to reproduce strangely or wrongly (by speech, writing or otherwise)

Inflection

Conjugation of verhaspelen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verhaspelen
past singular verhaspelde
past participle verhaspeld
infinitive verhaspelen
gerund verhaspelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verhaspel verhaspelde
2nd person sing. (jij) verhaspelt, verhaspel2 verhaspelde
2nd person sing. (u) verhaspelt verhaspelde
2nd person sing. (gij) verhaspelt verhaspelde
3rd person singular verhaspelt verhaspelde
plural verhaspelen verhaspelden
subjunctive sing.1 verhaspele verhaspelde
subjunctive plur.1 verhaspelen verhaspelden
imperative sing. verhaspel
imperative plur.1 verhaspelt
participles verhaspelend verhaspeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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