klaverjassen

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From klaver (club; clover) +‎ jas (jack, knave) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌklaː.vərˈjɑ.sə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: kla‧ver‧jas‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɑsən

Noun

klaverjassen n (uncountable)

  1. a type of trick-taking card game popular in the Netherlands, akin to belote and tarabish

Verb

klaverjassen

  1. (intransitive) to play the above card game

Conjugation

Conjugation of klaverjassen (weak)
infinitive klaverjassen
past singular klaverjaste
past participle geklaverjast
infinitive klaverjassen
gerund klaverjassen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular klaverjas klaverjaste
2nd person sing. (jij) klaverjast, klaverjas2 klaverjaste
2nd person sing. (u) klaverjast klaverjaste
2nd person sing. (gij) klaverjast klaverjaste
3rd person singular klaverjast klaverjaste
plural klaverjassen klaverjasten
subjunctive sing.1 klaverjasse klaverjaste
subjunctive plur.1 klaverjassen klaverjasten
imperative sing. klaverjas
imperative plur.1 klaverjast
participles klaverjassend geklaverjast
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.