kruiven

Dutch

Etymology

Attested since 1615. From Middle Dutch cruuf, cruve (curly lock, curly, kinky hair) (1350), from Latin curvus through metathesis.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrœy̯.və(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: krui‧ven
  • Rhymes: -œy̯vən

Verb

kruiven

  1. to curl

Inflection

Conjugation of kruiven (weak)
infinitive kruiven
past singular kruifde
past participle gekruifd
infinitive kruiven
gerund kruiven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kruifkruifde
2nd person sing. (jij) kruiftkruifde
2nd person sing. (u) kruiftkruifde
2nd person sing. (gij) kruiftkruifde
3rd person singular kruiftkruifde
plural kruivenkruifden
subjunctive sing.1 kruivekruifde
subjunctive plur.1 kruivenkruifden
imperative sing. kruif
imperative plur.1 kruift
participles kruivendgekruifd
1) Archaic.

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References

  1. P. A. F. van Veen, N. van der Sijs (1997) “kruiven”, in Etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van onze woorden [Etymological Dictionary: The Origin of Our Words], 2nd edition, Utrecht/Antwerpen: Van Dale Lexicografie, →ISBN
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