spouwen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch spuwen, from Old Dutch *spīwan, *spiuwan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną.
Pronunciation
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Usage notes
The word has a more informal undertone than its etymological variants spuwen and spugen. While these two variants only mean "to spit", spouwen can also mean "to vomit".
Inflection
| Inflection of spouwen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spouwen | |||
| past singular | spouwde | |||
| past participle | gespouwd | |||
| infinitive | spouwen | |||
| gerund | spouwen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | spouw | spouwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | spouwt | spouwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | spouwt | spouwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | spouwt | spouwde | ||
| 3rd person singular | spouwt | spouwde | ||
| plural | spouwen | spouwden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | spouwe | spouwde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | spouwen | spouwden | ||
| imperative sing. | spouw | |||
| imperative plur.1 | spouwt | |||
| participles | spouwend | gespouwd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
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