tobben
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tobben, of uncertain origin.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.bə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: tob‧ben
- Rhymes: -ɔbən
Verb
tobben
- (intransitive) to worry
- (intransitive) to flair or move repeatedly, to churn, to thrash
- (obsolete) to bother, to harass
Conjugation
| Conjugation of tobben (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tobben | |||
| past singular | tobde | |||
| past participle | getobd | |||
| infinitive | tobben | |||
| gerund | tobben n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | tob | tobde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | tobt, tob2 | tobde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | tobt | tobde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | tobt | tobde | ||
| 3rd person singular | tobt | tobde | ||
| plural | tobben | tobden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | tobbe | tobde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | tobben | tobden | ||
| imperative sing. | tob | |||
| imperative plur.1 | tobt | |||
| participles | tobbend | getobd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “tobben”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute