sprokkelen
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]sprokkelen
- (transitive or intransitive) to glean. To harvest what has been left
- (archaic, transitive or intransitive) to gather firewood
- (transitive or intransitive) to gather small stuff without paying for it
- Ik heb wat sigaretten gesprokkeld bij mijn vrienden — I have gathered some cigarettes from my friends.
- (intransitive) to cheat (in competitions)
Usage notes
[edit]In the sense of "gathering firewood", sprokkelen is no longer used absolutely (intransitively), but rather pleonastically, as in hout sprokkelen.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of sprokkelen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | sprokkelen | |||
past singular | sprokkelde | |||
past participle | gesprokkeld | |||
infinitive | sprokkelen | |||
gerund | sprokkelen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | sprokkel | sprokkelde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | sprokkelt, sprokkel2 | sprokkelde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | sprokkelt | sprokkelde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | sprokkelt | sprokkelde | ||
3rd person singular | sprokkelt | sprokkelde | ||
plural | sprokkelen | sprokkelden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | sprokkele | sprokkelde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | sprokkelen | sprokkelden | ||
imperative sing. | sprokkel | |||
imperative plur.1 | sprokkelt | |||
participles | sprokkelend | gesprokkeld | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |