lebberen
Dutch
Etymology
From older lepperen, frequentative of leppen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.bə.rə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: leb‧be‧ren
Verb
lebberen
- (intransitive, transitive) to lick audibly
- (intransitive, transitive) to lap; to drink audibly, often using a tongue
- 2016, Petra Hülsmann, Een hart vol hommel(e)s:
- Tante Wilma liet Babsi weer uit haar glas lebberen.
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- 2016, Ada Rosman-Kleinjan, De olifanten van Botswana: met een 4x4 door Moremi en Chobe, section 37:
- Tientallen olifanten staan met elkaar te lebberen in het water, strooien zand rond alsof het allemaal niets kost, badderen hun logge lijven en weten vast allemal dat wij naar hun staan te kijken.
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Inflection
| Inflection of lebberen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lebberen | |||
| past singular | lebberde | |||
| past participle | gelebberd | |||
| infinitive | lebberen | |||
| gerund | lebberen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | lebber | lebberde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | lebbert | lebberde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | lebbert | lebberde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | lebbert | lebberde | ||
| 3rd person singular | lebbert | lebberde | ||
| plural | lebberen | lebberden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | lebbere | lebberde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | lebberen | lebberden | ||
| imperative sing. | lebber | |||
| imperative plur.1 | lebbert | |||
| participles | lebberend | gelebberd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- aflebberen
- belebberen
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