afdruipen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]afdruipen
- (intransitive) to drip off, to drain
- Het zeepsop droop langzaam van de borden af. ― The suds dripped slowly from the plates.
- (intransitive) to slink away shamefully
- Er zat na die onverwacht felle tegenstand niet veel anders op dan af te druipen.
- After the unexpectedly fierce resistance, there was little else to do but slink away.
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of afdruipen (strong class 2b, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | afdruipen | |||
past singular | droop af | |||
past participle | afgedropen | |||
infinitive | afdruipen | |||
gerund | afdruipen n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | druip af | droop af | afdruip | afdroop |
2nd person sing. (jij) | druipt af, druip af2 | droop af | afdruipt | afdroop |
2nd person sing. (u) | druipt af | droop af | afdruipt | afdroop |
2nd person sing. (gij) | druipt af | droopt af | afdruipt | afdroopt |
3rd person singular | druipt af | droop af | afdruipt | afdroop |
plural | druipen af | dropen af | afdruipen | afdropen |
subjunctive sing.1 | druipe af | drope af | afdruipe | afdrope |
subjunctive plur.1 | druipen af | dropen af | afdruipen | afdropen |
imperative sing. | druip af | |||
imperative plur.1 | druipt af | |||
participles | afdruipend | afgedropen | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |