Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch slupen, from Old Dutch slūpan, from Proto-West Germanic *sleupan, from Proto-Germanic *sleupaną.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈslœy̯pə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -œy̯pən

Verb edit

sluipen

  1. (intransitive) to sneak, to move stealthily

Inflection edit

Inflection of sluipen (strong class 2b)
infinitive sluipen
past singular sloop
past participle geslopen
infinitive sluipen
gerund sluipen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sluip sloop
2nd person sing. (jij) sluipt sloop
2nd person sing. (u) sluipt sloop
2nd person sing. (gij) sluipt sloopt
3rd person singular sluipt sloop
plural sluipen slopen
subjunctive sing.1 sluipe slope
subjunctive plur.1 sluipen slopen
imperative sing. sluip
imperative plur.1 sluipt
participles sluipend geslopen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Papiamentu: slùip