terugfluiten
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Compound of terug + fluiten. The figurative sense derives from the action of a referee in football and various other sports.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
terugfluiten
- (intransitive) to whistle back
- (transitive, figurative) to call to account, to sanction or to reprimand
Inflection edit
| Inflection of terugfluiten (strong class 2b, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | terugfluiten | |||
| past singular | floot terug | |||
| past participle | teruggefloten | |||
| infinitive | terugfluiten | |||
| gerund | terugfluiten n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | fluit terug | floot terug | terugfluit | terugfloot |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | fluit terug | floot terug | terugfluit | terugfloot |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | fluit terug | floot terug | terugfluit | terugfloot |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | fluit terug | floot terug | terugfluit | terugfloot |
| 3rd person singular | fluit terug | floot terug | terugfluit | terugfloot |
| plural | fluiten terug | floten terug | terugfluiten | terugfloten |
| subjunctive sing.1 | fluite terug | flote terug | terugfluite | terugflote |
| subjunctive plur.1 | fluiten terug | floten terug | terugfluiten | terugfloten |
| imperative sing. | fluit terug | |||
| imperative plur.1 | fluit terug | |||
| participles | terugfluitend | teruggefloten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||