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Etymology edit

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Verb edit

ratelen

  1. to rattle
  2. to talk incessantly

Inflection edit

Inflection of ratelen (weak)
infinitive ratelen
past singular ratelde
past participle gerateld
infinitive ratelen
gerund ratelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ratel ratelde
2nd person sing. (jij) ratelt ratelde
2nd person sing. (u) ratelt ratelde
2nd person sing. (gij) ratelt ratelde
3rd person singular ratelt ratelde
plural ratelen ratelden
subjunctive sing.1 ratele ratelde
subjunctive plur.1 ratelen ratelden
imperative sing. ratel
imperative plur.1 ratelt
participles ratelend gerateld
1) Archaic.

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  • Afrikaans: ratel