kalefateren

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • kalfaten
  • kalfateren (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French calfater. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkaː.ləˈfaː.tə.rə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ka‧le‧fa‧te‧ren

Verb

kalefateren

  1. (nautical) to caulk (to fill seems with oakum)
    Synonym: breeuwen
  2. to patch up, to fix

Inflection

Inflection of kalefateren (weak)
infinitive kalefateren
past singular kalefaterde
past participle gekalefaterd
infinitive kalefateren
gerund kalefateren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kalefaterkalefaterde
2nd person sing. (jij) kalefatertkalefaterde
2nd person sing. (u) kalefatertkalefaterde
2nd person sing. (gij) kalefatertkalefaterde
3rd person singular kalefatertkalefaterde
plural kalefaterenkalefaterden
subjunctive sing.1 kalefaterekalefaterde
subjunctive plur.1 kalefaterenkalefaterden
imperative sing. kalefater
imperative plur.1 kalefatert
participles kalefaterendgekalefaterd
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Papiamentu: klafat
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