boemelen

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German bummeln.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbumələ(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: boe‧me‧len
  • Rhymes: -umələn

Verb[edit]

boemelen

  1. (intransitive) to go out at bars and cafés
  2. (intransitive) to get drunk, typically in a boisterous or lavish fashion
  3. (intransitive) to scrounge, to leech
  4. (intransitive) to commute by train, especially when drunk
  5. (intransitive) to travel slowly and stop frequently, of trains and less often of buses

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of boemelen (weak)
infinitive boemelen
past singular boemelde
past participle geboemeld
infinitive boemelen
gerund boemelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular boemel boemelde
2nd person sing. (jij) boemelt boemelde
2nd person sing. (u) boemelt boemelde
2nd person sing. (gij) boemelt boemelde
3rd person singular boemelt boemelde
plural boemelen boemelden
subjunctive sing.1 boemele boemelde
subjunctive plur.1 boemelen boemelden
imperative sing. boemel
imperative plur.1 boemelt
participles boemelend geboemeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms[edit]