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Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʋɑfələ(n)/, (southern Dutch) IPA(key): /ˈʒʋɑfələ(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: swaf‧fe‧len

Verb edit

swaffelen

  1. (slang, transitive) To hit one's penis—often repeatedly—against an object or another person's body; to dickslap.
    • 2008 April 9, “Student van school wegens ‘swaffelen’ bij Taj Mahal”, in Volkskrant:
    • 2017 May 15, “Nederlandse politie zoekt naar man die bomen ‘swaffelt’”, in Metro, Belgium:
      De man wordt ervan beschuldigd dat hij bomen ‘swaffelde’.
      The man is being accused of having slapped his penis against trees.

Inflection edit

Conjugation of swaffelen (weak)
infinitive swaffelen
past singular swaffelde
past participle geswaffeld
infinitive swaffelen
gerund swaffelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular swaffel swaffelde
2nd person sing. (jij) swaffelt swaffelde
2nd person sing. (u) swaffelt swaffelde
2nd person sing. (gij) swaffelt swaffelde
3rd person singular swaffelt swaffelde
plural swaffelen swaffelden
subjunctive sing.1 swaffele swaffelde
subjunctive plur.1 swaffelen swaffelden
imperative sing. swaffel
imperative plur.1 swaffelt
participles swaffelend geswaffeld
1) Archaic.

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