flikflooien

Dutch

Etymology

From flikken (“to hit, to flatter, to fix”) +‎ vlooien (“to flatter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈflɪkfloːi̯ə(n)/
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Verb

flikflooien

  1. (transitive) to butter up, flatter hoping for profit in return
  2. (intransitive) to practice flattery, sycophancy
  3. (intransitive) to resort to dubious methods or ploys

Inflection
Inflection of flikflooien (weak)
infinitive flikflooien
past singular flikflooide
past participle geflikflooid
infinitive flikflooien
gerund flikflooien n
present tense past tense
1st person singular flikflooiflikflooide
2nd person sing. (jij) flikflooitflikflooide
2nd person sing. (u) flikflooitflikflooide
2nd person sing. (gij) flikflooitflikflooide
3rd person singular flikflooitflikflooide
plural flikflooienflikflooiden
subjunctive sing.1 flikflooieflikflooide
subjunctive plur.1 flikflooienflikflooiden
imperative sing. flikflooi
imperative plur.1 flikflooit
participles flikflooiendgeflikflooid
1) Archaic.

Derived terms
  • flikflooi
  • flikflooier
  • flikflooierij
  • flikflooiing
  • flikflooieren
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