kapotlachen
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of kapot (“broken, defective”) + lachen (“to laugh”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
kapotlachen
- (reflexive, figuratively) to laugh one's head off, die laughing
- Synonym: doodlachen
- De peuter lachte zich kapot om de volwassenen. ― The toddler laughed his head off at the grown-ups.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of kapotlachen (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kapotlachen | |||
| past singular | lachte kapot | |||
| past participle | kapotgelacht | |||
| infinitive | kapotlachen | |||
| gerund | kapotlachen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | lach kapot | lachte kapot | kapotlach | kapotlachte |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | lacht kapot, lach kapot2 | lachte kapot | kapotlacht | kapotlachte |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | lacht kapot | lachte kapot | kapotlacht | kapotlachte |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | lacht kapot | lachte kapot | kapotlacht | kapotlachte |
| 3rd person singular | lacht kapot | lachte kapot | kapotlacht | kapotlachte |
| plural | lachen kapot | lachten kapot | kapotlachen | kapotlachten |
| subjunctive sing.1 | lache kapot | lachte kapot | kapotlache | kapotlachte |
| subjunctive plur.1 | lachen kapot | lachten kapot | kapotlachen | kapotlachten |
| imperative sing. | lach kapot | |||
| imperative plur.1 | lacht kapot | |||
| participles | kapotlachend | kapotgelacht | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||