scharrelen
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Frequentative of scharren + -elen; the former is a now archaic verb meaning "to scrape".
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]scharrelen
- to mess around, to potter
- to piece together, to gather from scattered bits and pieces, scavenge
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of scharrelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | scharrelen | |||
| past singular | scharrelde | |||
| past participle | gescharreld | |||
| infinitive | scharrelen | |||
| gerund | scharrelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | scharrel | scharrelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | scharrelt, scharrel2 | scharrelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | scharrelt | scharrelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | scharrelt | scharrelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | scharrelt | scharrelde | ||
| plural | scharrelen | scharrelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | scharrele | scharrelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | scharrelen | scharrelden | ||
| imperative sing. | scharrel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | scharrelt | |||
| participles | scharrelend | gescharreld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Petjo: scharl'n, scharrelen