"scharrelen" meaning in Dutch

See scharrelen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsxɑ.rə.lə(n)/ Audio: Nl-scharrelen.ogg
Rhymes: -ɑrələn Etymology: From scharren (“to scrape”, now archaic) + -elen (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|nl|scharren|-elen|pos1=now archaic|pos2=frequentative suffix|t1=to scrape}} scharren (“to scrape”, now archaic) + -elen (frequentative suffix) Head templates: {{nl-verb}} scharrelen Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-wk|scharrel}} Forms: weak [table-tags], scharrelen [infinitive], scharrelen [gerund, neuter], scharrel [first-person, present, singular], scharrelde [first-person, past, singular], scharrelt [present, second-person, singular], scharrel [present, second-person, singular], scharrelde [past, second-person, singular], scharrelt [formal, present, second-person, singular], scharrelde [formal, past, second-person, singular], scharrelt [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], scharrelt [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], scharrelde [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], scharrelde [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], scharrelt [present, singular, third-person], scharrelde [past, singular, third-person], scharrelen [plural, present], scharrelden [past, plural], scharrele [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], scharrelde [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], scharrelen [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], scharrelden [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], scharrel [imperative, present, singular], scharrelt [archaic, imperative, plural, present], scharrelend [participle, present], gescharreld [participle, past]
  1. (of chickens) to walk around scratching the soil to forage for food
    Sense id: en-scharrelen-nl-verb-ZaahsGVO
  2. to move around clumsily, especially on ice skates
    Sense id: en-scharrelen-nl-verb-xBiRzj7R
  3. to perform various small activities around the place; to mess around, to potter
    Sense id: en-scharrelen-nl-verb-5y~rFWeL
  4. to piece together, to gather from scattered bits and pieces, scavenge, make a living with difficulty
    Sense id: en-scharrelen-nl-verb-61QlKgFC
  5. (informal) to have casual sex Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-scharrelen-nl-verb-kLIKqvQV Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch terms suffixed with -elen, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 18 19 8 22 33 Disambiguation of Dutch terms suffixed with -elen: 12 15 12 22 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 20 7 22 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 20 7 22 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gescharrel, rondscharrelen (english: to wander about), scharrel (english: casual sex partner), scharrelaar (english: European roller), scharrelbenen (english: to walk clumsily), scharrelboom (english: Christmas tree taken from nature), scharrelei (english: free-range egg), scharrelkind (english: child allowed to play outside unsupervised), scharrelkip (english: free-range chicken), scharrelmelk (english: free-range milk), scharrelvarken (english: free-range pig), scharrelvarkensvlees (english: free-range pork meat), scharrelvlees (english: free-range meat), scharrelvrouw (english: woman who works part-time)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "gescharrel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to wander about",
      "translation": "to wander about",
      "word": "rondscharrelen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "casual sex partner",
      "translation": "casual sex partner",
      "word": "scharrel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "European roller",
      "translation": "European roller",
      "word": "scharrelaar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to walk clumsily",
      "translation": "to walk clumsily",
      "word": "scharrelbenen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Christmas tree taken from nature",
      "translation": "Christmas tree taken from nature",
      "word": "scharrelboom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "free-range egg",
      "translation": "free-range egg",
      "word": "scharrelei"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "child allowed to play outside unsupervised",
      "translation": "child allowed to play outside unsupervised",
      "word": "scharrelkind"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "free-range chicken",
      "translation": "free-range chicken",
      "word": "scharrelkip"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "free-range milk",
      "translation": "free-range milk",
      "word": "scharrelmelk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "free-range pig",
      "translation": "free-range pig",
      "word": "scharrelvarken"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "free-range pork meat",
      "translation": "free-range pork meat",
      "word": "scharrelvarkensvlees"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "free-range meat",
      "translation": "free-range meat",
      "word": "scharrelvlees"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "woman who works part-time",
      "translation": "woman who works part-time",
      "word": "scharrelvrouw"
    }
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      "lang": "Petjo",
      "lang_code": "pey",
      "word": "scharl'n"
    },
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    }
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      "name": "af"
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  "etymology_text": "From scharren (“to scrape”, now archaic) + -elen (frequentative suffix).",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "weak",
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      "form": "scharrel",
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      "form": "scharrelde",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "scharrelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scharrelen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scharrelden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "scharrele",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "scharrel",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "scharrelend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gescharreld",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to walk around scratching the soil to forage for food"
      ],
      "id": "en-scharrelen-nl-verb-ZaahsGVO",
      "links": [
        [
          "scratch",
          "scratch"
        ],
        [
          "forage",
          "forage#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of chickens) to walk around scratching the soil to forage for food"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of chickens"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to move around clumsily, especially on ice skates"
      ],
      "id": "en-scharrelen-nl-verb-xBiRzj7R",
      "links": [
        [
          "ice skate",
          "ice skate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to perform various small activities around the place; to mess around, to potter"
      ],
      "id": "en-scharrelen-nl-verb-5y~rFWeL",
      "links": [
        [
          "mess around",
          "mess around"
        ],
        [
          "potter",
          "potter#Verb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to piece together, to gather from scattered bits and pieces, scavenge, make a living with difficulty"
      ],
      "id": "en-scharrelen-nl-verb-61QlKgFC",
      "links": [
        [
          "piece together",
          "piece together"
        ],
        [
          "gather",
          "gather"
        ],
        [
          "scavenge",
          "scavenge"
        ],
        [
          "make a living",
          "make a living"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have casual sex"
      ],
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          "casual sex",
          "casual sex"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to have casual sex"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsxɑ.rə.lə(n)/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑrələn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scharrelen"
}
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    "Dutch lemmas",
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑrələn",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑrələn/3 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gescharrel"
    },
    {
      "english": "to wander about",
      "translation": "to wander about",
      "word": "rondscharrelen"
    },
    {
      "english": "casual sex partner",
      "translation": "casual sex partner",
      "word": "scharrel"
    },
    {
      "english": "European roller",
      "translation": "European roller",
      "word": "scharrelaar"
    },
    {
      "english": "to walk clumsily",
      "translation": "to walk clumsily",
      "word": "scharrelbenen"
    },
    {
      "english": "Christmas tree taken from nature",
      "translation": "Christmas tree taken from nature",
      "word": "scharrelboom"
    },
    {
      "english": "free-range egg",
      "translation": "free-range egg",
      "word": "scharrelei"
    },
    {
      "english": "child allowed to play outside unsupervised",
      "translation": "child allowed to play outside unsupervised",
      "word": "scharrelkind"
    },
    {
      "english": "free-range chicken",
      "translation": "free-range chicken",
      "word": "scharrelkip"
    },
    {
      "english": "free-range milk",
      "translation": "free-range milk",
      "word": "scharrelmelk"
    },
    {
      "english": "free-range pig",
      "translation": "free-range pig",
      "word": "scharrelvarken"
    },
    {
      "english": "free-range pork meat",
      "translation": "free-range pork meat",
      "word": "scharrelvarkensvlees"
    },
    {
      "english": "free-range meat",
      "translation": "free-range meat",
      "word": "scharrelvlees"
    },
    {
      "english": "woman who works part-time",
      "translation": "woman who works part-time",
      "word": "scharrelvrouw"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Petjo",
      "lang_code": "pey",
      "word": "scharl'n"
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      "lang": "Petjo",
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        "present"
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gescharreld",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to walk around scratching the soil to forage for food"
      ],
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        [
          "scratch",
          "scratch"
        ],
        [
          "forage",
          "forage#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of chickens) to walk around scratching the soil to forage for food"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of chickens"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to move around clumsily, especially on ice skates"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ice skate",
          "ice skate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to perform various small activities around the place; to mess around, to potter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mess around",
          "mess around"
        ],
        [
          "potter",
          "potter#Verb"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to piece together, to gather from scattered bits and pieces, scavenge, make a living with difficulty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "piece together",
          "piece together"
        ],
        [
          "gather",
          "gather"
        ],
        [
          "scavenge",
          "scavenge"
        ],
        [
          "make a living",
          "make a living"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have casual sex"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "casual sex",
          "casual sex"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to have casual sex"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsxɑ.rə.lə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-scharrelen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/02/Nl-scharrelen.ogg/Nl-scharrelen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Nl-scharrelen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑrələn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scharrelen"
}

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