tegelwippen
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Etymology
[edit]From tegel (“tile”) + wippen (“to flip over”). Popularized in the early 2020s.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tegelwippen
- to remove tiles (in one's backyard or elsewhere) and replace them with greenery, so as to increase biodiversity, facilitate water infiltration in the soil, and mitigate heat
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of tegelwippen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tegelwippen | |||
| past singular | tegelwipte | |||
| past participle | getegelwipt | |||
| infinitive | tegelwippen | |||
| gerund | tegelwippen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | tegelwip | tegelwipte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | tegelwipt, tegelwip2 | tegelwipte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | tegelwipt | tegelwipte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | tegelwipt | tegelwipte | ||
| 3rd person singular | tegelwipt | tegelwipte | ||
| plural | tegelwippen | tegelwipten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | tegelwippe | tegelwipte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | tegelwippen | tegelwipten | ||
| imperative sing. | tegelwip | |||
| imperative plur.1 | tegelwipt | |||
| participles | tegelwippend | getegelwipt | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||