liplezen

Dutch

Etymology

lip +‎ lezen

Pronunciation
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Verb

liplezen

  1. to read lips
    Haar slechthorende vriend kon goed liplezen om te begrijpen wat er werd gezegd.
    Her hard-of-hearing friend could read lips well to understand what was being said.
    In lawaaierige omgevingen kan het handig zijn om te kunnen liplezen om elkaar te verstaan.
    In noisy environments, it can be useful to be able to read lips to understand each other.
    De dove acteur had geleerd om zijn teksten te liplezen zodat hij kon meespelen in films en tv-shows.
    The deaf actor had learned to read lips so he could act in movies and TV shows.

Usage notes
  • This word is mostly used in its infinitive form to mean lip reading and hence uses the definite article het. Other forms are sporadically attested.

Inflection
Inflection of liplezen (strong class 5, separable)
infinitive liplezen
past singular las lip
past participle lipgelezen
infinitive liplezen
gerund liplezen n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular lees liplas liplipleesliplas
2nd person sing. (jij) leest liplas liplipleestliplas
2nd person sing. (u) leest liplas liplipleestliplas
2nd person sing. (gij) leest liplaast liplipleestliplaast
3rd person singular leest liplas liplipleestliplas
plural lezen liplazen lipliplezenliplazen
subjunctive sing.1 leze liplaze lipliplezeliplaze
subjunctive plur.1 lezen liplazen lipliplezenliplazen
imperative sing. lees lip
imperative plur.1 leest lip
participles liplezendlipgelezen
1) Archaic.

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