knuffelen

Dutch

Etymology

Unknown. Compare Low German knuffeln, knüffeln, an iterative form of Low German knuffen (to poke; bump; nudge), West Frisian knoffelje (to push; knock; bump).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknʏfələ(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: knuf‧fe‧len
  • Rhymes: -ʏfələn

Verb

knuffelen

  1. (transitive and intransitive) to cuddle, hug

Inflection

Inflection of knuffelen (weak)
infinitive knuffelen
past singular knuffelde
past participle geknuffeld
infinitive knuffelen
gerund knuffelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular knuffelknuffelde
2nd person sing. (jij) knuffeltknuffelde
2nd person sing. (u) knuffeltknuffelde
2nd person sing. (gij) knuffeltknuffelde
3rd person singular knuffeltknuffelde
plural knuffelenknuffelden
subjunctive sing.1 knuffeleknuffelde
subjunctive plur.1 knuffelenknuffelden
imperative sing. knuffel
imperative plur.1 knuffelt
participles knuffelendgeknuffeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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