afdruipen

Dutch

Etymology

From af +‎ druipen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfdrœy̯pə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: af‧drui‧pen

Verb

afdruipen

1. (intransitive) to drip off, to drain

   Het zeepsop droop langzaam van de borden af. ― The suds dripped slowly from the plates.

2. (intransitive) to slink away shamefully

   Er zat na die onverwacht felle tegenstand niet veel anders op dan af te druipen.

   After the unexpectedly fierce resistance, there was little else to do but slink away.

Conjugation

Conjugation of afdruipen (strong class 2b, separable)
infinitive	afdruipen
past singular	droop af
past participle	afgedropen
infinitive	afdruipen
gerund	afdruipen n
	main clause		subordinate clause
	present tense	past tense	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	druip af	droop af	afdruip	afdroop
2nd person sing. (jij)	druipt af, druip af2	droop af	afdruipt	afdroop
2nd person sing. (u)	druipt af	droop af	afdruipt	afdroop
2nd person sing. (gij)	druipt af	droopt af	afdruipt	afdroopt
3rd person singular	druipt af	droop af	afdruipt	afdroop
plural	druipen af	dropen af	afdruipen	afdropen
subjunctive sing.1	druipe af	drope af	afdruipe	afdrope
subjunctive plur.1	druipen af	dropen af	afdruipen	afdropen
imperative sing.	druip af
imperative plur.1	druipt af
participles	afdruipend	afgedropen
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• afdruiprek