pluimen

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -œy̯mən

Noun

pluimen

  1. plural of pluim

Verb

pluimen

  1. (transitive) To remove the plumage from, as before cooking a bird
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To skin financially
    Nadat hij zijn vader jarenlang had gepluimd hoopte hij vergeefs op een vette erfenis
    After skinning his dad for years, he hoped in vain for a fat inheritance

Inflection
Inflection of pluimen (weak)
infinitive pluimen
past singular pluimde
past participle gepluimd
infinitive pluimen
gerund pluimen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pluimpluimde
2nd person sing. (jij) pluimtpluimde
2nd person sing. (u) pluimtpluimde
2nd person sing. (gij) pluimtpluimde
3rd person singular pluimtpluimde
plural pluimenpluimden
subjunctive sing.1 pluimepluimde
subjunctive plur.1 pluimenpluimden
imperative sing. pluim
imperative plur.1 pluimt
participles pluimendgepluimd
1) Archaic.

Synonyms
  • kaalplukken

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Derived terms
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