sukkelen

Dutch

Etymology

Unclear, perhaps onomatopoeic, perhaps related to ziek (“ill”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

sukkelen

  1. (intransitive) to struggle (with poor health or physical infirmity, or with making progress with a task or project)
    Hij sukkelt al lang met zijn gezondheid.
    He has been struggling with his health for a long time.
    Na jarenlang sukkelen lijkt een succesvolle afronding van het project nu dan toch in zicht.
    After years of struggling, a successful completion of the project now seems to be in sight.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sukkelen (weak)
infinitive sukkelen
past singular sukkelde
past participle gesukkeld
infinitive sukkelen
gerund sukkelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sukkel sukkelde
2nd person sing. (jij) sukkelt, sukkel2 sukkelde
2nd person sing. (u) sukkelt sukkelde
2nd person sing. (gij) sukkelt sukkelde
3rd person singular sukkelt sukkelde
plural sukkelen sukkelden
subjunctive sing.1 sukkele sukkelde
subjunctive plur.1 sukkelen sukkelden
imperative sing. sukkel
imperative plur.1 sukkelt
participles sukkelend gesukkeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

  • gesukkel
  • in slaap sukkelen
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