meesmuilen
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈmeːsˌmœy̯.lə(n)/, [ˈmeːzˌmœy̯.lə(n)], [ˈmeːsˌmœy̯.lə(n)]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mees‧mui‧len
Verb[edit]
meesmuilen
- (intransitive) to laugh in a jeering or mocking fashion
- Ze meesmuilde toen ze hoorde over zijn mislukking.
- She sneered when she heard about his failure.
- De jongens meesmuilden terwijl de nieuwe student zijn verhaal vertelde.
- The boys laughed mockingly as the new student told his story.
- Hij meesmuilde toen hij hoorde over de onwaarschijnlijke plannen van zijn concurrent.
- He laughed in a jeering fashion when he heard about his competitor's unlikely plans.
Inflection[edit]
| Conjugation of meesmuilen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | meesmuilen | |||
| past singular | meesmuilde | |||
| past participle | gemeesmuild | |||
| infinitive | meesmuilen | |||
| gerund | meesmuilen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | meesmuil | meesmuilde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | meesmuilt | meesmuilde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | meesmuilt | meesmuilde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | meesmuilt | meesmuilde | ||
| 3rd person singular | meesmuilt | meesmuilde | ||
| plural | meesmuilen | meesmuilden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | meesmuile | meesmuilde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | meesmuilen | meesmuilden | ||
| imperative sing. | meesmuil | |||
| imperative plur.1 | meesmuilt | |||
| participles | meesmuilend | gemeesmuild | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||