schroeven
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uvən
Verb
schroeven
- to screw, manipulate a screw
- (of birds) to circle upwards without flapping the wings much if at all, carried by currents of rising hot air
Conjugation
| Conjugation of schroeven (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | schroeven | |||
| past singular | schroefde | |||
| past participle | geschroefd | |||
| infinitive | schroeven | |||
| gerund | schroeven n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | schroef | schroefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | schroeft, schroef2 | schroefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | schroeft | schroefde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | schroeft | schroefde | ||
| 3rd person singular | schroeft | schroefde | ||
| plural | schroeven | schroefden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | schroeve | schroefde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | schroeven | schroefden | ||
| imperative sing. | schroef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | schroeft | |||
| participles | schroevend | geschroefd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- aanschroeven
- losschroeven
- opschroeven
- vastschroeven
Descendants
- → Saramaccan: sukúfu
Noun
schroeven
- plural of schroef