scheefwonen
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of scheef (“crooked, askew”) + wonen (“to live”), in reference to the mismatch between the (subsidized) housing situation intended for people of limited means and one's now-comfortable financial situation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsxeːfˌʋoː.nə(n)/
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Verb
scheefwonen
- (intransitive, Netherlands) to continue to live in social housing after improving one's financial situation to a level beyond eligibility for social housing
Usage notes
- Sometimes used derogatorily: while the practice is not illegal, continuing to take up limited subsidized housing space meant for the poor after having become financially comfortable enough not to need it anymore may considered to be somewhat anti-social.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of scheefwonen (weak, separable) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | scheefwonen | |||
| past singular | woonde scheef | |||
| past participle | scheefgewoond | |||
| infinitive | scheefwonen | |||
| gerund | scheefwonen n | |||
| main clause | subordinate clause | |||
| present tense | past tense | present tense | past tense | |
| 1st person singular | woon scheef | woonde scheef | scheefwoon | scheefwoonde |
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | woont scheef, woon scheef2 | woonde scheef | scheefwoont | scheefwoonde |
| 2nd person sing. (u) | woont scheef | woonde scheef | scheefwoont | scheefwoonde |
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | woont scheef | woonde scheef | scheefwoont | scheefwoonde |
| 3rd person singular | woont scheef | woonde scheef | scheefwoont | scheefwoonde |
| plural | wonen scheef | woonden scheef | scheefwonen | scheefwoonden |
| subjunctive sing.1 | wone scheef | woonde scheef | scheefwone | scheefwoonde |
| subjunctive plur.1 | wonen scheef | woonden scheef | scheefwonen | scheefwoonden |
| imperative sing. | woon scheef | |||
| imperative plur.1 | woont scheef | |||
| participles | scheefwonend | scheefgewoond | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- scheefwoner
Further reading
scheefwonen on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl