verkruipen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vercrupen. Equivalent to ver- +‎ kruipen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈkrœy̯.pə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧krui‧pen
  • Rhymes: -œy̯pən

Verb

verkruipen

  1. (intransitive) to crawl away
  2. (intransitive, of time) to move slowly
  3. (intransitive) to escape by crawling
  4. (intransitive) to cramp, to contract
  5. (transitive, obsolete) to hide from (in stealth)
  6. (reflexive) to hide away
  7. (reflexive, obsolete) to tire or hurt by crawling

Conjugation

Conjugation of verkruipen (strong class 2b, prefixed)
infinitive verkruipen
past singular verkroop
past participle verkropen
infinitive verkruipen
gerund verkruipen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verkruip verkroop
2nd person sing. (jij) verkruipt, verkruip2 verkroop
2nd person sing. (u) verkruipt verkroop
2nd person sing. (gij) verkruipt verkroopt
3rd person singular verkruipt verkroop
plural verkruipen verkropen
subjunctive sing.1 verkruipe verkrope
subjunctive plur.1 verkruipen verkropen
imperative sing. verkruip
imperative plur.1 verkruipt
participles verkruipend verkropen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.