schetsen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxɛtsə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: schet‧sen
- Rhymes: -ɛtsən
Etymology 1
Verb
schetsen
- (transitive) to sketch
- (transitive) to describe with words
- In de kliniek schetsen ze hem als een man van wie men op aan kan.
- In the clinic, they describe him as a man that one can rely on.
- (transitive) to scam
- Ik verkocht gister die fiets voor 150 euro, ik heb die man ziek hard geschetst.
- I sold that bike for 150 euros yesterday, I scammed that guy so hard
- 2016, Mula B, “Domme Jongens”[1] (in Dutch), performed by Wilde Westen, published 2016:
- Vraag je papa wat ik doe, we schetsen mannen af en toe
- Ask your dad what I do, we scam people now and then
Conjugation
| Conjugation of schetsen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schetsen | |||
| past singular | schetste | |||
| past participle | geschetst | |||
| infinitive | schetsen | |||
| gerund | schetsen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | schets | schetste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | schetst, schets2 | schetste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | schetst | schetste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | schetst | schetste | ||
| 3rd person singular | schetst | schetste | ||
| plural | schetsen | schetsten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | schetse | schetste | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | schetsen | schetsten | ||
| imperative sing. | schets | |||
| imperative plur.1 | schetst | |||
| participles | schetsend | geschetst | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- schetsblok
- schetsboek
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
schetsen
- plural of schets