sukkelen
Dutch
Etymology
Unclear, perhaps onomatopeic, perhaps related to ziek (“ill”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
sukkelen
- (intransitive) to struggle (with poor health or physical infirmity, or with making progress with a task or project)
- Hij sukkelt al lang met zijn gezondheid.
- He has been struggling with his health for a long time.
- Na jarenlang sukkelen lijkt een succesvolle afronding van het project nu dan toch in zicht.
- After years of struggling, a successful completion of the project now seems to be in sight.
Inflection
| Inflection of sukkelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sukkelen | |||
| past singular | sukkelde | |||
| past participle | gesukkeld | |||
| infinitive | sukkelen | |||
| gerund | sukkelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | sukkel | sukkelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | sukkelt | sukkelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | sukkelt | sukkelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | sukkelt | sukkelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | sukkelt | sukkelde | ||
| plural | sukkelen | sukkelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | sukkele | sukkelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | sukkelen | sukkelden | ||
| imperative sing. | sukkel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | sukkelt | |||
| participles | sukkelend | gesukkeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- gesukkel
- in slaap sukkelen
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