kwezelen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Probably onomatopoeic.[1] Compare Middle Dutch queteren.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kwezelen
- (intransitive) to act, in particular to talk, in a way considered overly devout
- (intransitive) to talk nonsense, to say meaningless things
Inflection edit
| Conjugation of kwezelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kwezelen | |||
| past singular | kwezelde | |||
| past participle | gekwezeld | |||
| infinitive | kwezelen | |||
| gerund | kwezelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | kwezel | kwezelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kwezelt | kwezelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kwezelt | kwezelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kwezelt | kwezelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | kwezelt | kwezelde | ||
| plural | kwezelen | kwezelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kwezele | kwezelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kwezelen | kwezelden | ||
| imperative sing. | kwezel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kwezelt | |||
| participles | kwezelend | gekwezeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
References edit
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press