ruiven

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrœy̯.və(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: rui‧ven
  • Rhymes: -œy̯vən

Etymology 1

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Verb

ruiven

  1. (Belgium) to molt (of feathers and fur)
Usage notes
  • For moulting skin, vervellen is used instead. In the Netherlands, ruien is used for both shedding feathers and shedding hairs.
Inflection
Inflection of ruiven (weak)
infinitive ruiven
past singular ruifde
past participle geruifd
infinitive ruiven
gerund ruiven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ruifruifde
2nd person sing. (jij) ruiftruifde
2nd person sing. (u) ruiftruifde
2nd person sing. (gij) ruiftruifde
3rd person singular ruiftruifde
plural ruivenruifden
subjunctive sing.1 ruiveruifde
subjunctive plur.1 ruivenruifden
imperative sing. ruif
imperative plur.1 ruift
participles ruivendgeruifd
1) Archaic.
Inflection
Inflection of ruiven (strong class 2b)
infinitive ruiven
past singular roof
past participle geroven
infinitive ruiven
gerund ruiven n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ruifroof
2nd person sing. (jij) ruiftroof
2nd person sing. (u) ruiftroof
2nd person sing. (gij) ruiftrooft
3rd person singular ruiftroof
plural ruivenroven
subjunctive sing.1 ruiverove
subjunctive plur.1 ruivenroven
imperative sing. ruif
imperative plur.1 ruift
participles ruivendgeroven
1) Archaic.
Synonyms

Noun

ruiven

  1. plural of ruif

References
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