spijbelen

Dutch

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably related to spybeler (“vagrant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛi̯.bə.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: spij‧be‧len

Verb

spijbelen

  1. (intransitive) to play truant, to cut class, to skip class, (UK) to bunk
    Synonym: brossen

Inflection
Inflection of spijbelen (weak)
infinitive spijbelen
past singular spijbelde
past participle gespijbeld
infinitive spijbelen
gerund spijbelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spijbelspijbelde
2nd person sing. (jij) spijbeltspijbelde
2nd person sing. (u) spijbeltspijbelde
2nd person sing. (gij) spijbeltspijbelde
3rd person singular spijbeltspijbelde
plural spijbelenspijbelden
subjunctive sing.1 spijbelespijbelde
subjunctive plur.1 spijbelenspijbelden
imperative sing. spijbel
imperative plur.1 spijbelt
participles spijbelendgespijbeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: speibel
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