liplezen

Dutch

Etymology

lip + lezen

Pronunciation

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Verb

liplezen

  1. to read lips
    [...] nee, in een close up van Wesley vlak na het doelpunt liplazen wij duidelijk twee keer het woord ´Robben.´[1]- no, in a close up of Wesley, just after the goal, we clearly discerned the word ´Robben´ by lip reading.

Usage notes

  • This word is mostly used in its infinitive form to mean lip reading and hence uses the definite article het. Other forms are sporadically attested.

Inflection

Inflection of liplezen (strong class 5, separable)
infinitive liplezen
past singular las lip
past participle lipgelezen
infinitive liplezen
gerund liplezen n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular lees liplas liplipleesliplas
2nd person sing. (jij) leest liplas liplipleestliplas
2nd person sing. (u) leest liplas liplipleestliplas
2nd person sing. (gij) leest liplaast liplipleestliplaast
3rd person singular leest liplas liplipleestliplas
plural lezen liplazen lipliplezenliplazen
subjunctive sing.1 leze liplaze lipliplezeliplaze
subjunctive plur.1 lezen liplazen lipliplezenliplazen
imperative sing. lees lip
imperative plur.1 leest lip
participles liplezendlipgelezen
1) Archaic.

References

  1. Was die Presse schreibt ... - Kein Keloel 2008
    Gekrenkte sinaasappels
    Nico Dijkshoorn

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