bakkeleien
Dutch
Alternative forms
- bakkelaaien (archaic, dialectal)
- bakkelaayen (obsolete)
- bakkeleijen (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ambonese Malay bakalai, from Malay berkelahi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɑkəˈlɛi̯ə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: bak‧ke‧lei‧en
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯ən
Verb
bakkeleien
- (intransitive) to quarrel, to argue, to fight [with over ‘about/over’] [from 18th c.]
- (intransitive, archaic) to fight, to brawl (to engage in physical combat) [late 17th–20th c.]
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bakkeleien (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bakkeleien | |||
| past singular | bakkeleide | |||
| past participle | gebakkeleid | |||
| infinitive | bakkeleien | |||
| gerund | bakkeleien n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | bakkelei | bakkeleide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bakkeleit, bakkelei2 | bakkeleide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bakkeleit | bakkeleide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bakkeleit | bakkeleide | ||
| 3rd person singular | bakkeleit | bakkeleide | ||
| plural | bakkeleien | bakkeleiden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bakkeleie | bakkeleide | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bakkeleien | bakkeleiden | ||
| imperative sing. | bakkelei | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bakkeleit | |||
| participles | bakkeleiend | gebakkeleid | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||