bietsen
Dutch
Etymology
Back-formation from bietser (earlier bietsjer, also bietskommer, though both forms are very sparsely attested), apparently a corruption of English beachcomber.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbit.sə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -itsən
Verb
bietsen
- (transitive) to scrounge, bum, beg
- Mag ik een peukje van jou bietsen? ― Can I bum a cigarette off you?
Conjugation
| Conjugation of bietsen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | bietsen | |||
| past singular | bietste | |||
| past participle | gebietst | |||
| infinitive | bietsen | |||
| gerund | bietsen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | biets | bietste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | bietst, biets2 | bietste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | bietst | bietste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | bietst | bietste | ||
| 3rd person singular | bietst | bietste | ||
| plural | bietsen | bietsten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | bietse | bietste | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | bietsen | bietsten | ||
| imperative sing. | biets | |||
| imperative plur.1 | bietst | |||
| participles | bietsend | gebietst | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bietsen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute