drijten
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch driten, from Old Dutch *drītan, from Proto-West Germanic *drītan, from Proto-Germanic *drītaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrɛi̯tə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: drij‧ten
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯tən
Verb
drijten
- (intransitive, obsolete) to defecate
- 17th or 18th c., "Een Nieu Lied van Anjouw en sijn Groot-Vaer, hoe dat sy voor malkanders ziekte geen Remedie en kunne vinden", in Verzameling volks- en straatliedjes (collectie Nijhoff), page 404.
- Hy drijt in sijn Wiegje sijn luyers zijn nat, / hoe smart hem sijn sakje, hoe rood is sijn gat, / hy kreyt dat hy schut, / hy scheyt rut, tut, tut, / 't agter kasteeltje gaet prut prut prut prut.
- He craps in his crib, his nappies are wet, / how much does his sack hurt, how red is his arse, / he shrieks so he [?], / he [shits? + onomatopoeias?] / the back end goes goop goop goop goop.
- 17th or 18th c., "Een Nieu Lied van Anjouw en sijn Groot-Vaer, hoe dat sy voor malkanders ziekte geen Remedie en kunne vinden", in Verzameling volks- en straatliedjes (collectie Nijhoff), page 404.
Inflection
| Inflection of drijten (strong class 1) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | drijten | |||
| past singular | dreet | |||
| past participle | gedreten | |||
| infinitive | drijten | |||
| gerund | drijten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | drijt | dreet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | drijt | dreet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | drijt | dreet | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | drijt | dreet | ||
| 3rd person singular | drijt | dreet | ||
| plural | drijten | dreten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | drijte | drete | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | drijten | dreten | ||
| imperative sing. | drijt | |||
| imperative plur.1 | drijt | |||
| participles | drijtend | gedreten | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
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