Dutch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch bruden (to sleep with, to fuck, to take as a bride) with syncope of intervocalic -d-. Equivalent to bruid +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bruien

  1. (transitive, archaic) to pester, to bother
  2. (transitive, archaic) to hurl, to toss, to smite
  3. (intransitive, archaic) to go away, to get lost
  4. (intransitive, archaic) to tumble, to smack down, to fall
  5. (transitive, obsolete, vulgar, chiefly Holland) to fuck, to bang
  6. (transitive, obsolete, chiefly Holland) to abuse, to beat

Inflection

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Conjugation of bruien (weak)
infinitive bruien
past singular bruide
past participle gebruid
infinitive bruien
gerund bruien n
present tense past tense
1st person singular brui bruide
2nd person sing. (jij) bruit, brui2 bruide
2nd person sing. (u) bruit bruide
2nd person sing. (gij) bruit bruide
3rd person singular bruit bruide
plural bruien bruiden
subjunctive sing.1 bruie bruide
subjunctive plur.1 bruien bruiden
imperative sing. brui
imperative plur.1 bruit
participles bruiend gebruid
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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