Dutch

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Etymology

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Attested since 1615. From Middle Dutch cruuf, cruve (curly lock, curly, kinky hair) (1350), from Latin curvus through metathesis.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkrœy̯.və(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: krui‧ven
  • Rhymes: -œy̯vən

Verb

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kruiven

  1. to curl

Inflection

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Conjugation of kruiven (weak)
infinitive kruiven
past singular kruifde
past participle gekruifd
infinitive kruiven
gerund kruiven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kruif kruifde
2nd person sing. (jij) kruift, kruif2 kruifde
2nd person sing. (u) kruift kruifde
2nd person sing. (gij) kruift kruifde
3rd person singular kruift kruifde
plural kruiven kruifden
subjunctive sing.1 kruive kruifde
subjunctive plur.1 kruiven kruifden
imperative sing. kruif
imperative plur.1 kruift
participles kruivend gekruifd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Quotations

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ P. A. F. van Veen, N. van der Sijs (1997) “kruiven”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden [Etymological Dictionary: The Origin of Our Words], 2nd edition, Utrecht/Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN