Dutch

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Etymology

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From muilpeer 'box on the ear' (etymology disputed, probably from, otherwise equated by popular etymology with muil 'muzzle' (i.e. face) + peer 'pear').

Pronunciation

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Noun

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muilperen

  1. plural of muilpeer

Verb

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muilperen

  1. (transitive) To box someone's ear(s), administer at least one cuff on the ear

Inflection

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Conjugation of muilperen (weak)
infinitive muilperen
past singular muilpeerde
past participle gemuilpeerd
infinitive muilperen
gerund muilperen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular muilpeer muilpeerde
2nd person sing. (jij) muilpeert muilpeerde
2nd person sing. (u) muilpeert muilpeerde
2nd person sing. (gij) muilpeert muilpeerde
3rd person singular muilpeert muilpeerde
plural muilperen muilpeerden
subjunctive sing.1 muilpere muilpeerde
subjunctive plur.1 muilperen muilpeerden
imperative sing. muilpeer
imperative plur.1 muilpeert
participles muilperend gemuilpeerd
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

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