hoepelen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hoepelen
- (intransitive) to roll hoops [from 17th c.]
- 1683, Steven Blankaart, De Kartesiaanse academie ofte, institutie der medicyne, Johannes ten Hoorn, page 205:
- De kinderen op datse geen papsakken souden werden, moet men gebieden te spelen, te wandelen, koten, knikkeren, hoepelen &c. na de tyd van het jaar mede brengt, hier door werden sy sterk en vrolyk.
- One should command the children, so that they do not become fat-asses, to play, to walk, play with dice, play with marbles, roll hoops &c. in accordance with the time of year, this makes them strong and happy.
- (intransitive) to hula hoop [from 20th c.]
- Synonyms: hoelahoepen, hoelahoepelen
- (colloquial, uncommon) to go away, to get lost (more commonly in derived expressions) [from 19th c., 18th c. in derivatives]
- 1861, François Haverschmidt (ed. René van Slooten), Reis door België en langs den Rijn, DBNL (2009), page 86.
- Verblijd hierover gingen wij naar ons logement terug, betalden[sic] er en hoepelden nu naar het Station bij ons logement.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2006 March 19, steggy, “An!”, in nl.support.borderline[1] (Usenet):
- bah wat haat ik dat woord "artiest".......ga hoepelen denk ik dan.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1861, François Haverschmidt (ed. René van Slooten), Reis door België en langs den Rijn, DBNL (2009), page 86.
Conjugation
[edit]| Conjugation of hoepelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hoepelen | |||
| past singular | hoepelde | |||
| past participle | gehoepeld | |||
| infinitive | hoepelen | |||
| gerund | hoepelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | hoepel | hoepelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | hoepelt, hoepel2 | hoepelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | hoepelt | hoepelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | hoepelt | hoepelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | hoepelt | hoepelde | ||
| plural | hoepelen | hoepelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | hoepele | hoepelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | hoepelen | hoepelden | ||
| imperative sing. | hoepel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | hoepelt | |||
| participles | hoepelend | gehoepeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
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