sijpelen

Dutch

Etymology

A frequentative form with suffix -elen of the Early Modern sijpen (to drip), from Middle Dutch sīpen, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *sīpaną (compare English seep), from Proto-Indo-European *seib, *sib- (to pour out, drip, trickle) (compare Latin sēbum (suet, tallow), Ancient Greek εἴβω (eíbō, to drop, drip)).

Pronunciation

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Verb

sijpelen

  1. to trickle, seep, drip

Inflection

Inflection of sijpelen (weak)
infinitive sijpelen
past singular sijpelde
past participle gesijpeld
infinitive sijpelen
gerund sijpelen n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular sijpelsijpelde
2nd person sing. (jij) sijpeltsijpelde
2nd person sing. (u) sijpeltsijpelde
2nd person sing. (gij) sijpeltsijpelde
3rd person singular sijpeltsijpelde
plural sijpelensijpelden
subjunctive sing.1 sijpelesijpelde
subjunctive plur.1 sijpelensijpelden
imperative sing. sijpel
imperative plur.1 sijpelt
participles sijpelendgesijpeld
1) Archaic.

References

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