Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsxɛtsə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: schet‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɛtsən

Etymology 1 edit

From schets +‎ -en.

Verb edit

schetsen

  1. (transitive) to sketch
  2. (transitive) to describe with words
    In de kliniek schetsen ze hem als een man van wie men op aan kan.
    In the clinic, they describe him as a man that one can rely on.
  3. (transitive) to scam
    Ik verkocht gister die fiets voor 150 euro, ik heb die man ziek hard geschetst.
    I sold that bike for 150 euros yesterday, I scammed that guy so hard
    • 2016, Mula B, “Domme Jongens”‎[1]performed by Wilde Westen, published 2016:
      Vraag je papa wat ik doe, we schetsen mannen af en toe
      Ask your dad what I do, we scam people now and then
Inflection edit
Inflection of schetsen (weak)
infinitive schetsen
past singular schetste
past participle geschetst
infinitive schetsen
gerund schetsen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schets schetste
2nd person sing. (jij) schetst schetste
2nd person sing. (u) schetst schetste
2nd person sing. (gij) schetst schetste
3rd person singular schetst schetste
plural schetsen schetsten
subjunctive sing.1 schetse schetste
subjunctive plur.1 schetsen schetsten
imperative sing. schets
imperative plur.1 schetst
participles schetsend geschetst
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

schetsen

  1. plural of schets