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Definition 2024
pluimen
pluimen
Dutch
Noun
pluimen
- Plural form of pluim
Verb
pluimen
- (transitive) To remove the plumage from, as before cooking a bird
- (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
- Nadat hij zijn vader jarenlang had gepluimd hoopte hij vergeefs op een vette erfenis
Inflection
| Inflection of pluimen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | pluimen | |||
| past singular | pluimde | |||
| past participle | gepluimd | |||
| infinitive | pluimen | |||
| gerund | pluimen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | pluim | pluimde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | pluimt | pluimde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | pluimt | pluimde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | pluimt | pluimde | ||
| 3rd person singular | pluimt | pluimde | ||
| plural | pluimen | pluimden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | pluime | pluimde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | pluimen | pluimden | ||
| imperative sing. | pluim | |||
| imperative plur.1 | pluimt | |||
| participles | pluimend | gepluimd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- kaalplukken
Antonyms
- pluimen laten
Derived terms
- gepluimd (adjective)
Related terms
- pluimage n