spijbelen
Dutch
editEtymology
editUncertain. Probably related to spybeler (“vagrant”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editspijbelen
- (intransitive) to play truant, to cut class, to skip class, (UK) to bunk
- Synonym: brossen
Inflection
editConjugation of spijbelen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | spijbelen | |||
past singular | spijbelde | |||
past participle | gespijbeld | |||
infinitive | spijbelen | |||
gerund | spijbelen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | spijbel | spijbelde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | spijbelt, spijbel2 | spijbelde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | spijbelt | spijbelde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | spijbelt | spijbelde | ||
3rd person singular | spijbelt | spijbelde | ||
plural | spijbelen | spijbelden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | spijbele | spijbelde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | spijbelen | spijbelden | ||
imperative sing. | spijbel | |||
imperative plur.1 | spijbelt | |||
participles | spijbelend | gespijbeld | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Papiamentu: speibel