babysitten
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English babysit with the suffix -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeː.bi.sɪ.tə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ba‧by‧sit‧ten
Verb
babysitten
- to babysit
Conjugation
| Conjugation of babysitten (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | babysitten | |||
| past singular | babysitte | |||
| past participle | gebabysit | |||
| infinitive | babysitten | |||
| gerund | babysitten n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | babysit | babysitte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | babysit | babysitte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | babysit | babysitte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | babysit | babysitte | ||
| 3rd person singular | babysit | babysitte | ||
| plural | babysitten | babysitten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | babysitte | babysitte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | babysitten | babysitten | ||
| imperative sing. | babysit | |||
| imperative plur.1 | babysit | |||
| participles | babysittend | gebabysit | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English babysit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbeːbiˌzɪtn̩/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ba‧by‧sit‧ten
Verb
babysitten (weak, third-person singular present babysittet, past tense babysittete, past participle gebabysittet, auxiliary haben)
- babysit (to watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money)
Conjugation
Conjugation of babysitten (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | babysitten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | babysittend | ||||
| past participle | gebabysittet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich babysitte | wir babysitten | i | ich babysitte | wir babysitten |
| du babysittest | ihr babysittet | du babysittest | ihr babysittet | ||
| er babysittet | sie babysitten | er babysitte | sie babysitten | ||
| preterite | ich babysittete | wir babysitteten | ii | ich babysittete1 | wir babysitteten1 |
| du babysittetest | ihr babysittetet | du babysittetest1 | ihr babysittetet1 | ||
| er babysittete | sie babysitteten | er babysittete1 | sie babysitteten1 | ||
| imperative | babysitt (du) babysitte (du) |
babysittet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of babysitten (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “babysitten” in Duden online
- “babysitten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache