hemelen
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch hêmelen. The word is probably related to heimelijk (“secret”), and in early modern Dutch it still meant "to clean up, to tidy". Semantic influence from hemel (“heaven”) likely shifted its meaning from this towards "to make nice, to make beautiful" and then to the current sense.
Verb edit
hemelen
- (transitive, obsolete) to hide, to remove
- (transitive, obsolete) to fix, to repair
Inflection edit
Conjugation of hemelen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | hemelen | |||
past singular | hemelde | |||
past participle | gehemeld | |||
infinitive | hemelen | |||
gerund | hemelen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | hemel | hemelde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | hemelt | hemelde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | hemelt | hemelde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | hemelt | hemelde | ||
3rd person singular | hemelt | hemelde | ||
plural | hemelen | hemelden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | hemele | hemelde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | hemelen | hemelden | ||
imperative sing. | hemel | |||
imperative plur.1 | hemelt | |||
participles | hemelend | gehemeld | ||
1) Archaic. |
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
hemelen
- (intransitive, euphemistic) to die, with the implication of going to heaven
Inflection edit
Conjugation of hemelen (weak) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | hemelen | |||
past singular | hemelde | |||
past participle | gehemeld | |||
infinitive | hemelen | |||
gerund | hemelen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | hemel | hemelde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | hemelt | hemelde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | hemelt | hemelde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | hemelt | hemelde | ||
3rd person singular | hemelt | hemelde | ||
plural | hemelen | hemelden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | hemele | hemelde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | hemelen | hemelden | ||
imperative sing. | hemel | |||
imperative plur.1 | hemelt | |||
participles | hemelend | gehemeld | ||
1) Archaic. |
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
hemelen