looien
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch lôyen, from Old Dutch *lōien, from Proto-Germanic *lawjaną, which is from the same source as *laubą (“leaf”).[1]
Verb edit
looien
- to tan (leather)
Inflection edit
| Conjugation of looien (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | looien | |||
| past singular | looide | |||
| past participle | gelooid | |||
| infinitive | looien | |||
| gerund | looien n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | looi | looide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | looit | looide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | looit | looide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | looit | looide | ||
| 3rd person singular | looit | looide | ||
| plural | looien | looiden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | looie | looide | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | looien | looiden | ||
| imperative sing. | looi | |||
| imperative plur.1 | looit | |||
| participles | looiend | gelooid | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “looien1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
looien (not comparable)
- (now dialectal) Alternative form of loden
- 1979, Rubberen Robbie, De Ambulance:
- Iedere avond bal, knokken tot in de hal, ’k heb een looien pijp voor het geval.
- Every night a ball, brawling up into the hall, I’ve got a lead pipe just in case.