spouwen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch spuwen, from Old Dutch *spīwan, *spiuwan, from Proto-Germanic *spīwaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

spouwen

1. to spit
2. to vomit

Usage notes

The word has a more informal undertone than its etymological variants spuwen and spugen. While these two variants only mean "to spit", spouwen can also mean "to vomit".

Inflection

Conjugation of spouwen (weak)
infinitive	spouwen
past singular	spouwde
past participle	gespouwd
infinitive	spouwen
gerund	spouwen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	spouw	spouwde
2nd person sing. (jij)	spouwt	spouwde
2nd person sing. (u)	spouwt	spouwde
2nd person sing. (gij)	spouwt	spouwde
3rd person singular	spouwt	spouwde
plural	spouwen	spouwden
subjunctive sing.1	spouwe	spouwde
subjunctive plur.1	spouwen	spouwden
imperative sing.	spouw
imperative plur.1	spouwt
participles	spouwend	gespouwd
1) Archaic.