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Definition 2024
kuisen
kuisen
Dutch
Verb
kuisen
- (transitive, literally) To clean, cleanse.
- (transitive, figuratively) To clean up, render (more) presentable, possibly (auto-)censure.
- (intransitive) To become clean.
Inflection
| Inflection of kuisen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kuisen | |||
| past singular | kuiste | |||
| past participle | gekuist | |||
| infinitive | kuisen | |||
| gerund | kuisen n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kuis | kuiste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kuist | kuiste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kuist | kuiste | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kuist | kuiste | ||
| 3rd person singular | kuist | kuiste | ||
| plural | kuisen | kuisten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kuise | kuiste | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kuisen | kuisten | ||
| imperative sing. | kuis | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kuist | |||
| participles | kuisend | gekuist | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
- schoonmaken, reinigen
- (figurative) fatsoeneren, opschonen
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
Noun
kuisen