drillen
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Cognate with draaien (“to turn”), trillen (“to vibrate”), Old High German drāen (“to turn”), English thrill, trill.
drillen (weak in -d)
- (literally) to make vibrate, as with a pneutamatic drill; to operate such a drill
- (figuratively) to drill, instruct by arduous exercise, notably in military context or style
- hence, to domineer
Conjugation of drillen
| infinitive | drillen | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dril | drilde | ||
| 2nd person singular | drilt | drilde | ||
| 3rd person singular | drilt | drilde | ||
| plural | drillen | drilden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | drille | drilde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | drillen | drilden | ||
| imperative sing. | dril | |||
| imperative plur.1 | drilt | |||
| participles | drillend | (hebben) gedrild | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
- English: to drill
drillen
- Plural form of dril.
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
