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Etymology

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Related to strooien. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstrœy̯.nə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: strui‧nen
  • Rhymes: -œy̯nən

Verb

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struinen

  1. (intransitive) to tramp, to roam
  2. (intransitive, Netherlands) to nose about, to rummage
    Synonym: rondsnuffelen

Inflection

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Conjugation of struinen (weak)
infinitive struinen
past singular struinde
past participle gestruind
infinitive struinen
gerund struinen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular struin struinde
2nd person sing. (jij) struint, struin2 struinde
2nd person sing. (u) struint struinde
2nd person sing. (gij) struint struinde
3rd person singular struint struinde
plural struinen struinden
subjunctive sing.1 struine struinde
subjunctive plur.1 struinen struinden
imperative sing. struin
imperative plur.1 struint
participles struinend gestruind
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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