hersenspoelen

Dutch

Etymology

From hersenen (“brain”) +‎ spoelen (“rinse”), calque of English brainwash, itself a calque of Chinese 洗腦／洗脑 (xǐnǎo). Some sources consider it a back-formation from hersenspoeling.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛr.sə(n)ˌspu.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: her‧sen‧spoe‧len

Verb

hersenspoelen

  1. (transitive) to brainwash
    Ze zijn gehersenspoeld om in hersenspoeling te geloven.
    They have been brainwashed into believing in brainwashing.

Inflection
Inflection of hersenspoelen (weak)
infinitive hersenspoelen
past singular hersenspoelde
past participle gehersenspoeld
infinitive hersenspoelen
gerund hersenspoelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hersenspoelhersenspoelde
2nd person sing. (jij) hersenspoelthersenspoelde
2nd person sing. (u) hersenspoelthersenspoelde
2nd person sing. (gij) hersenspoelthersenspoelde
3rd person singular hersenspoelthersenspoelde
plural hersenspoelenhersenspoelden
subjunctive sing.1 hersenspoelehersenspoelde
subjunctive plur.1 hersenspoelenhersenspoelden
imperative sing. hersenspoel
imperative plur.1 hersenspoelt
participles hersenspoelendgehersenspoeld
1) Archaic.
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