zwendelen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From zwindelen, from Middle Dutch swindelen. Equivalent to zwinden (“to disappear”) + -elen. The sense “to swindle” is a semantic loan from German schwindeln and possibly English swindle.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
zwendelen
- (intransitive) to swindle [from 18th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) to be dizzy
Inflection edit
Conjugation of zwendelen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | zwendelen | |||
past singular | zwendelde | |||
past participle | gezwendeld | |||
infinitive | zwendelen | |||
gerund | zwendelen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | zwendel | zwendelde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | zwendelt | zwendelde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | zwendelt | zwendelde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | zwendelt | zwendelde | ||
3rd person singular | zwendelt | zwendelde | ||
plural | zwendelen | zwendelden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | zwendele | zwendelde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | zwendelen | zwendelden | ||
imperative sing. | zwendel | |||
imperative plur.1 | zwendelt | |||
participles | zwendelend | gezwendeld | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Michiel de Vaan, "Etymologie: zwendel", Neerlandistiek, 2016.