fluiten

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈflœy̯tə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: flui‧ten
  • Rhymes: -œy̯tən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch floyten. Equivalent to fluit +‎ -en. Originally a weak verb, which developed strong forms by analogy with sluiten etc. Weak forms died out in the standard language over the 19th century.

Verb

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fluiten

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to whistle
  2. (intransitive) to make any similar sound, as a passing bullet
  3. (intransitive, transitive) to referee
    De wedstrijd wordt gefloten door een Italiaan.
    The match is refereed by an Italian.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of fluiten (strong class 2b)
infinitive fluiten
past singular floot
past participle gefloten
infinitive fluiten
gerund fluiten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular fluit floot
2nd person sing. (jij) fluit floot
2nd person sing. (u) fluit floot
2nd person sing. (gij) fluit floot
3rd person singular fluit floot
plural fluiten floten
subjunctive sing.1 fluite flote
subjunctive plur.1 fluiten floten
imperative sing. fluit
imperative plur.1 fluit
participles fluitend gefloten
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: fluit
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: floiti
  • Papiamentu: flùit
  • Sranan Tongo: froyti

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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fluiten

  1. plural of fluit