fluiten
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch floyten. Equivalent to fluit + -en. Originally a weak verb, which developed strong forms by analogy with sluiten etc. Weak forms died out in the standard language over the 19th century.
Verb edit
fluiten
- (intransitive, transitive) to whistle
- (intransitive) to make any similar sound, as a passing bullet
- (intransitive, transitive) to referee
- De wedstrijd wordt gefloten door een Italiaan.
- The match is refereed by an Italian.
Inflection edit
| Inflection of fluiten (strong class 2b) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fluiten | |||
| past singular | floot | |||
| past participle | gefloten | |||
| infinitive | fluiten | |||
| gerund | fluiten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | fluit | floot | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | fluit | floot | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | fluit | floot | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | fluit | floot | ||
| 3rd person singular | fluit | floot | ||
| plural | fluiten | floten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | fluite | flote | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | fluiten | floten | ||
| imperative sing. | fluit | |||
| imperative plur.1 | fluit | |||
| participles | fluitend | gefloten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
- aanfluiten
- affluiten
- fluiteend
- fluiter
- fluitzwaan
- gefluit
- kunnen fluiten
- nafluiten
- terugfluiten
- toefluiten
- uitfluiten
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: fluit
- Berbice Creole Dutch: floiti
- → Papiamentu: flùit
- → Sranan Tongo: froyti
- → Saramaccan: foloíti
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
fluiten