spijbelen
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Probably related to spybeler (“vagrant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]spijbelen
- (intransitive) to play truant, to cut class, to skip class, (UK) to bunk
- Synonym: brossen
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of spijbelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spijbelen | |||
| past singular | spijbelde | |||
| past participle | gespijbeld | |||
| infinitive | spijbelen | |||
| gerund | spijbelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | spijbel | spijbelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | spijbelt, spijbel2 | spijbelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | spijbelt | spijbelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | spijbelt | spijbelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | spijbelt | spijbelde | ||
| plural | spijbelen | spijbelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | spijbele | spijbelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | spijbelen | spijbelden | ||
| imperative sing. | spijbel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | spijbelt | |||
| participles | spijbelend | gespijbeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Papiamentu: speibel