oprollen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From op (“up”) + rollen (“to roll”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]oprollen
- to roll up
- Hij besloot de mouwen van zijn overhemd op te rollen tijdens het warme weer.
- He decided to roll up the sleeves of his shirt during the hot weather.
- De zeilers moesten snel de zeilen oprollen voordat de storm begon.
- The sailors had to quickly roll up the sails before the storm started.
- to arrest, to capture (a group of criminals for example)
- De politie kon eindelijk de bende oprollen na maanden van onderzoek.
- The police were finally able to arrest the gang after months of investigation.
- De drugsbende werd door de politie opgerold tijdens een grootschalige operatie.
- The drug gang was captured by the police during a large-scale operation.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of oprollen (weak, separable) | ||||
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infinitive | oprollen | |||
past singular | rolde op | |||
past participle | opgerold | |||
infinitive | oprollen | |||
gerund | oprollen n | |||
main clause | subordinate clause | |||
present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
1st person singular | rol op | rolde op | oprol | oprolde |
2nd person sing. (jij) | rolt op, rol op2 | rolde op | oprolt | oprolde |
2nd person sing. (u) | rolt op | rolde op | oprolt | oprolde |
2nd person sing. (gij) | rolt op | rolde op | oprolt | oprolde |
3rd person singular | rolt op | rolde op | oprolt | oprolde |
plural | rollen op | rolden op | oprollen | oprolden |
subjunctive sing.1 | rolle op | rolde op | oprolle | oprolde |
subjunctive plur.1 | rollen op | rolden op | oprollen | oprolden |
imperative sing. | rol op | |||
imperative plur.1 | rolt op | |||
participles | oprollend | opgerold | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |