soebatten
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Malay sobat (“friend”), from Arabic صُحْبَة (ṣuḥba), likely from a form containing /t/.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsoebatten
- (intransitive, Netherlands) to beg persistently
- (intransitive, Netherlands) to grovel, to beg sycophantically
Inflection
edit| Conjugation of soebatten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | soebatten | |||
| past singular | soebatte | |||
| past participle | gesoebat | |||
| infinitive | soebatten | |||
| gerund | soebatten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | soebat | soebatte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | soebat | soebatte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | soebat | soebatte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | soebat | soebatte | ||
| 3rd person singular | soebat | soebatte | ||
| plural | soebatten | soebatten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | soebatte | soebatte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | soebatten | soebatten | ||
| imperative sing. | soebat | |||
| imperative plur.1 | soebat | |||
| participles | soebattend | gesoebat | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||