See fiets on Wiktionary
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"word": "motorrijwiel"
}
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"feminine"
],
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"lifestyle",
"motor-racing",
"racing",
"sports"
]
}
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},
{
"rhymes": "-its"
}
],
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}
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"categories": [
"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch non-lemma forms",
"Dutch verb forms",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Dutch/its",
"Rhymes:Dutch/its/1 syllable",
"nl:Cycling",
"nl:Vehicles"
],
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},
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}
],
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{
"parts": [
"fiets"
]
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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{
"word": "fietsen"
}
],
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"first-person singular present indicative"
],
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[
"fietsen",
"fietsen#Dutch"
]
],
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"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
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{
"word": "fietsen"
}
],
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"second-person singular present indicative"
],
"links": [
[
"fietsen",
"fietsen#Dutch"
]
],
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"inflection of fietsen:",
"(in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative"
],
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"in case of inversion"
],
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"indicative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
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{
"word": "fietsen"
}
],
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"imperative"
],
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[
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]
],
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"imperative"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[fits]"
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},
{
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}
],
"word": "fiets"
}
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