swaffelen
Dutch
Alternative forms
- zwaffelen (uncommon)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʋɑfələ(n)/, (southern Dutch) /ˈʒʋɑfələ(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: swaf‧fe‧len
Verb
swaffelen
- (slang, transitive) to hit one's penis—often repeatedly—against an object or another person's body; to dickslap
- 2008 April 9, “Student van school wegens ‘swaffelen’ bij Taj Mahal”, in Volkskrant:
- 2017 May 15, “Nederlandse politie zoekt naar man die bomen ‘swaffelt’”, in Metro, Belgium:
- De man wordt ervan beschuldigd dat hij bomen ‘swaffelde’.
- The man is being accused of having slapped his penis against trees.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of swaffelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | swaffelen | |||
| past singular | swaffelde | |||
| past participle | geswaffeld | |||
| infinitive | swaffelen | |||
| gerund | swaffelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | swaffel | swaffelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | swaffelt, swaffel2 | swaffelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | swaffelt | swaffelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | swaffelt | swaffelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | swaffelt | swaffelde | ||
| plural | swaffelen | swaffelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | swaffele | swaffelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | swaffelen | swaffelden | ||
| imperative sing. | swaffel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | swaffelt | |||
| participles | swaffelend | geswaffeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||