zwikken

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzʋɪ.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: zwik‧ken
• Rhymes: -ɪkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch zwikken, from Old Dutch *swikkon, from Proto-Germanic *swikkōną an iterative to Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to move out of the way”), whence Dutch zwijken.

Verb

zwikken

1. (transitive) to sprain, to wrench
2. (transitive) to give way, to snap
3. (transitive) to last a shoe

Inflection

Conjugation of zwikken (weak)
infinitive	zwikken
past singular	zwikte
past participle	gezwikt
infinitive	zwikken
gerund	zwikken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	zwik	zwikte
2nd person sing. (jij)	zwikt	zwikte
2nd person sing. (u)	zwikt	zwikte
2nd person sing. (gij)	zwikt	zwikte
3rd person singular	zwikt	zwikte
plural	zwikken	zwikten
subjunctive sing.1	zwikke	zwikte
subjunctive plur.1	zwikken	zwikten
imperative sing.	zwik
imperative plur.1	zwikt
participles	zwikkend	gezwikt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• doorzwikken
• omzwikken
• overzwikken
• verzwikken

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

zwikken

1. plural of zwik