smuigen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch *smugen, from Old Dutch *smūgan, from Proto-West Germanic *smeugan, from Proto-Germanic *smeuganą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsmœy̯.ɣə(n)/
- Hyphenation: smui‧gen
- Rhymes: -œy̯ɣən
Verb
smuigen
- (obsolete) to eat secretly, to snack in secrecy
- 1737, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, translated by P. le Clerq, Beschryving van eene reize naar de Levant, gedaan op bevel des konings van Vrankryk, volume 1, page 37:
- Het is vermakelyk dat men , zoo draa men op den Perſiſchen bodem komt, de velden vol kudden verkens ziet , en dat men ' er wyn kan drinken zonder dat men behoeve te ſmuigen.
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Inflection
Inflection of smuigen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | smuigen | |||
past singular | smuigde | |||
past participle | gesmuigd | |||
infinitive | smuigen | |||
gerund | smuigen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | smuig | smuigde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | smuigt | smuigde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | smuigt | smuigde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | smuigt | smuigde | ||
3rd person singular | smuigt | smuigde | ||
plural | smuigen | smuigden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | smuige | smuigde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | smuigen | smuigden | ||
imperative sing. | smuig | |||
imperative plur.1 | smuigt | |||
participles | smuigend | gesmuigd | ||
1) Archaic. |
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