troetelen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested in 1515. Frequentative in -elen to an otherwise unattested verb *troeten which, given its initial t- (reflecting the High German consonant shift), is taken to be derived from Middle High German triuten. Ultimately a verbal formation based on Proto-Germanic *drūdaz (“dear, beloved”), an adjective attested in Middle High German trūt (German traut), Old Dutch drūt, Old English drūt and further afield also in Medieval Latin drūdus (Italian drudo), which represents an early borrowing from Germanic.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtru.tə.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: troe‧te‧len
  • Rhymes: -utələn

Verb

troetelen

  1. (transitive) to cuddle, to caress
  2. (transitive) to flatter, to pander
  3. (transitive) to coddle, to spoil

Conjugation

Conjugation of troetelen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive vertroetelen
past singular vertroetelde
past participle vertroeteld
infinitive vertroetelen
gerund vertroetelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular vertroetel vertroetelde
2nd person sing. (jij) vertroetelt, vertroetel2 vertroetelde
2nd person sing. (u) vertroetelt vertroetelde
2nd person sing. (gij) vertroetelt vertroetelde
3rd person singular vertroetelt vertroetelde
plural vertroetelen vertroetelden
subjunctive sing.1 vertroetele vertroetelde
subjunctive plur.1 vertroetelen vertroetelden
imperative sing. vertroetel
imperative plur.1 vertroetelt
participles vertroetelend vertroeteld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “troetelen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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