snuiveren
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From snuiver (“submarine snorkel”). First attested in public sources in 1950 after an arctic expedition of the HNLMS Dolfijn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]snuiveren
- (intransitive, nautical, of submarines) to sail at periscope depth by means of a snorkel
- 2013, Larry Bond, Ramkoers, Karakter Uitgevers:
- De Song stopte met snuiveren en voer met maximale vaart weg naar het noorden.
- The Song stopped snorkelling at periscope depth and sailed away to the north at maximum speed.
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of snuiveren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | snuiveren | |||
| past singular | snuiverde | |||
| past participle | gesnuiverd | |||
| infinitive | snuiveren | |||
| gerund | snuiveren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | snuiver | snuiverde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | snuivert, snuiver2 | snuiverde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | snuivert | snuiverde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | snuivert | snuiverde | ||
| 3rd person singular | snuivert | snuiverde | ||
| plural | snuiveren | snuiverden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | snuivere | snuiverde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | snuiveren | snuiverden | ||
| imperative sing. | snuiver | |||
| imperative plur.1 | snuivert | |||
| participles | snuiverend | gesnuiverd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||