popelen
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch popelen (“to mutter”), an apparent frequentative formation in -elen to an unattested verb *popen. Assumed to be ultimately onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: po‧pe‧len
Verb
[edit]popelen
- (intransitive) to be eager and impatient; to itch to do something
- (intransitive, obsolete) to long, yearn
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of popelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | popelen | |||
| past singular | popelde | |||
| past participle | gepopeld | |||
| infinitive | popelen | |||
| gerund | popelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | popel | popelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | popelt, popel2 | popelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | popelt | popelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | popelt | popelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | popelt | popelde | ||
| plural | popelen | popelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | popele | popelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | popelen | popelden | ||
| imperative sing. | popel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | popelt | |||
| participles | popelend | gepopeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “popelen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute