spijbelen

Dutch

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably related to spybeler (“vagrant”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛi̯.bə.lə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: spij‧be‧len

Verb

spijbelen

  1. (intransitive) to play truant, to cut class, to skip class, (UK) to bunk
    Synonym: brossen

Conjugation

Conjugation of spijbelen (weak)
infinitive spijbelen
past singular spijbelde
past participle gespijbeld
infinitive spijbelen
gerund spijbelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spijbel spijbelde
2nd person sing. (jij) spijbelt, spijbel2 spijbelde
2nd person sing. (u) spijbelt spijbelde
2nd person sing. (gij) spijbelt spijbelde
3rd person singular spijbelt spijbelde
plural spijbelen spijbelden
subjunctive sing.1 spijbele spijbelde
subjunctive plur.1 spijbelen spijbelden
imperative sing. spijbel
imperative plur.1 spijbelt
participles spijbelend gespijbeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: speibel
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