slopen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -oːpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch slôpen, from Old Dutch *slōpen, from Proto-Germanic *slaupijaną.

Verb

slopen

1. (transitive, literally) to demolish

   Dat gebouw wordt overmorgen gesloopt. ― That building is being demolished the day after tomorrow.

2. (transitive, figuratively) to waste someone, beat up

   Ze hebben hem met honkbalknuppels gesloopt. ― They wasted him with baseball bats.

3. (transitive, figuratively) to exhaust

   Hij was wekenlang compleet gesloopt na de marathon. ― He was utterly exhausted for weeks following the marathon.

Conjugation

Conjugation of slopen (weak)
infinitive	slopen
past singular	sloopte
past participle	gesloopt
infinitive	slopen
gerund	slopen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	sloop	sloopte
2nd person sing. (jij)	sloopt, sloop2	sloopte
2nd person sing. (u)	sloopt	sloopte
2nd person sing. (gij)	sloopt	sloopte
3rd person singular	sloopt	sloopte
plural	slopen	sloopten
subjunctive sing.1	slope	sloopte
subjunctive plur.1	slopen	sloopten
imperative sing.	sloop
imperative plur.1	sloopt
participles	slopend	gesloopt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• afslopen
• sloop
• sloopauto
• sloophamer
• sloopkogel
• zenuwslopend

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

slopen

1. inflection of sluipen:
   1. plural past indicative
   2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

Anagrams

• polsen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *slōpen, from Proto-Germanic *slaupijaną.

Verb

slôpen

1. to drag forth
2. to take apart, to dismantle

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: slopen
• Limburgish: sloeape, slope

Further reading

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “slopen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN