verhaspelen

Dutch

Etymology

From haspel (“reel”) +‎ ver- -en, presumably with the idea of getting one's tongue tied up on a reel. Compare German verhaspeln.

Pronunciation
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Verb

verhaspelen

  1. to mangle, to mess up
  2. to reproduce strangely or wrongly (by speech, writing or otherwise)

Inflection
Inflection of verhaspelen (weak, prefixed)
infinitive verhaspelen
past singular verhaspelde
past participle verhaspeld
infinitive verhaspelen
gerund verhaspelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular verhaspelverhaspelde
2nd person sing. (jij) verhaspeltverhaspelde
2nd person sing. (u) verhaspeltverhaspelde
2nd person sing. (gij) verhaspeltverhaspelde
3rd person singular verhaspeltverhaspelde
plural verhaspelenverhaspelden
subjunctive sing.1 verhaspeleverhaspelde
subjunctive plur.1 verhaspelenverhaspelden
imperative sing. verhaspel
imperative plur.1 verhaspelt
participles verhaspelendverhaspeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms
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