dwalen
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch dwalen, from Old Dutch *dwalon, from Proto-West Germanic *dwalōn, from Proto-Germanic *dwalōną. Cognate with English dwale.
Verb edit
dwalen
- (intransitive) to stray, wander
- (intransitive) to err
Inflection edit
| Conjugation of dwalen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dwalen | |||
| past singular | dwaalde | |||
| past participle | gedwaald | |||
| infinitive | dwalen | |||
| gerund | dwalen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dwaal | dwaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | dwaalt | dwaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | dwaalt | dwaalde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | dwaalt | dwaalde | ||
| 3rd person singular | dwaalt | dwaalde | ||
| plural | dwalen | dwaalden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | dwale | dwaalde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | dwalen | dwaalden | ||
| imperative sing. | dwaal | |||
| imperative plur.1 | dwaalt | |||
| participles | dwalend | gedwaald | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
- afdwalen
- dwaling
- dwaalgast
- dwaalgeest
- dwaalleer
- dwaalleraar
- dwaallicht
- dwaalspoor
- dwaalster
- omdwalen
- ronddwalen
- verdwalen
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
dwalen
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English dwalian, from Proto-West Germanic *dwalōn, from Proto-Germanic *dwalōną; equivalent to dwale + -en (“infinitival suffix”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dwalen (rare)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of dwalen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “dwālen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.