nijpen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nipen, from Old Dutch *nīpen, from Proto-West Germanic *hnīpan, from Proto-Germanic *hnīpaną. Likely related to knijpen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛi̯.pə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: nij‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯pən

Verb

nijpen

  1. to pinch, squeeze

Conjugation

Conjugation of nijpen (strong class 1)
infinitive nijpen
past singular neep
past participle genepen
infinitive nijpen
gerund nijpen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular nijp neep
2nd person sing. (jij) nijpt, nijp2 neep
2nd person sing. (u) nijpt neep
2nd person sing. (gij) nijpt neept
3rd person singular nijpt neep
plural nijpen nepen
subjunctive sing.1 nijpe nepe
subjunctive plur.1 nijpen nepen
imperative sing. nijp
imperative plur.1 nijpt
participles nijpend genepen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms