hoepelen

Dutch

Etymology

From hoepel (hoop).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦu.pə.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: hoe‧pe‧len

Verb

hoepelen

  1. (intransitive) to roll hoops [from 17th c.]
    • 1683, Steven Blankaart, De Kartesiaanse academie ofte, institutie der medicyne, publ. by Johannes ten Hoorn, page 205.
      De kinderen op datse geen papsakken souden werden, moet men gebieden te spelen, te wandelen, koten, knikkeren, hoepelen &c. na de tyd van het jaar mede brengt, hier door werden sy sterk en vrolyk.
      One should command the children, so that they do not become fat-asses, to play, to walk, play with dice, play with marbles, roll hoops &c. in accordance with the time of year, this makes them strong and happy.
  2. (intransitive) to hula hoop [from 20th c.]
    Synonyms: hoelahoepen, hoelahoepelen
  3. (colloquial, uncommon) to go away, to get lost (more commonly in derived expressions) [from 19th c., 18th c. in derivatives]
    • 1861, François Haverschmidt (ed. René van Slooten), Reis door België en langs den Rijn, DBNL (2009), page 86.
      Verblijd hierover gingen wij naar ons logement terug, betalden[sic] er en hoepelden nu naar het Station bij ons logement.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 2006 March 19, steggy, “!An!”, in nl.support.borderline, Usenet:
      bah wat haat ik dat woord "artiest".......ga hoepelen denk ik dan.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Inflection

Inflection of hoepelen (weak)
infinitive hoepelen
past singular hoepelde
past participle gehoepeld
infinitive hoepelen
gerund hoepelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hoepelhoepelde
2nd person sing. (jij) hoepelthoepelde
2nd person sing. (u) hoepelthoepelde
2nd person sing. (gij) hoepelthoepelde
3rd person singular hoepelthoepelde
plural hoepelenhoepelden
subjunctive sing.1 hoepelehoepelde
subjunctive plur.1 hoepelenhoepelden
imperative sing. hoepel
imperative plur.1 hoepelt
participles hoepelendgehoepeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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