Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *swīgon, from Proto-West Germanic *swīgēn.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

swigen

  1. not to speak, to be silent

Inflection edit

Strong class 1
Infinitive swigen
3rd sg. past swêech
3rd pl. past swēgen
Past participle geswēgen
Infinitive swigen
In genitive swigens
In dative swigene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular swige swêech
2nd singular swijchs, swiges swēechs, swēges
3rd singular swijcht, swiget swêech
1st plural swigen swēgen
2nd plural swijcht, swiget swēecht, swēget
3rd plural swigen swēgen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular swige swēge
2nd singular swijchs, swiges swēges
3rd singular swige swēge
1st plural swigen swēgen
2nd plural swijcht, swiget swēget
3rd plural swigen swēgen
Imperative Present
Singular swijch, swige
Plural swijcht, swiget
Present Past
Participle swigende geswēgen

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Dutch: zwijgen
  • Limburgish: zwiege

Further reading edit

Middle High German edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old High German swīgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swīgēn.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

swîgen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present swîget, past tense sweic, past participle geswigen or geswîn, past subjunctive swige, auxiliary hân)
swîgen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present swîget, past tense swîgete, past participle geswîget, auxiliary hân)

  1. not to speak, to be silent

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “swîgen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Welsh edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Alteration of chwysigen, from Middle Welsh chuyssigen, an alteration (with the suffix -en) of Proto-Brythonic *guɨsig, from Latin vēsīca (bladder).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

swigen f (plural swigod, not mutable)

  1. bladder
  2. blister
  3. bubble

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “swigen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies