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drabben

drabben verb: to make or become drab.

Verb

drabben (third-person singular simple present drabbens, present participle drabbening, simple past and past participle drabbened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become drab.
    • In addition, it is also possible to have a gray Christmas when there is very little or no snow and the weather deals out mist, sleet, or hoarfrost to drabben the day!2000, M. E. Kentta, Gabriele Stautner, Sigurður A. Magnússon, Svona er Ísland í dag, page 36

Forms of drabben

third-person singular presentdrabbens
present participledrabbening
past participledrabbened
pastdrabbened

Origin of drabben

From drab + -en.

Questions about drabben

What does drabben mean?
Drabben means to make or become drab.
What part of speech is drabben?
Drabben is a verb.
What is the past tense of drabben?
The past tense of drabben is drabbened.

Words near drabben in the dictionary

  1. draadsitters
  2. DRaaS
  3. draatsi
  4. drab
  5. drabbed
  6. drabben
  7. drabbened
  8. drabbening
  9. drabbens
  10. drabber
  11. drabbers

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