beluiken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch belûken, from Old Dutch bilūkan, from Proto-West Germanic *bilūkan (“to enclose, lock in”), equivalent to be- +‎ luiken (“to close, to shut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbəˈlœy̯.kə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: be‧lui‧ken
• Rhymes: -œy̯kən

Verb

beluiken

1. (transitive, archaic) to close, shut, lock
2. (transitive, archaic) to cover, hide

Inflection

Conjugation of beluiken (strong class 2b, prefixed)
infinitive	beluiken
past singular	belook
past participle	beloken
infinitive	beluiken
gerund	beluiken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	beluik	belook
2nd person sing. (jij)	beluikt	belook
2nd person sing. (u)	beluikt	belook
2nd person sing. (gij)	beluikt	belookt
3rd person singular	beluikt	belook
plural	beluiken	beloken
subjunctive sing.1	beluike	beloke
subjunctive plur.1	beluiken	beloken
imperative sing.	beluik
imperative plur.1	beluikt
participles	beluikend	beloken
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• beloken
• ontpluiken