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Etymology

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Cognate with German pendeln and English pendulum; ultimately from Latin pendulus (hanging).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛndələn

Verb

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pendelen

  1. to commute
    Synonym: forenzen
  2. (parapsychology/divination; of a pendulum) to oscillate

Inflection

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Conjugation of pendelen (weak)
infinitive pendelen
past singular pendelde
past participle gependeld
infinitive pendelen
gerund pendelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular pendel pendelde
2nd person sing. (jij) pendelt, pendel2 pendelde
2nd person sing. (u) pendelt pendelde
2nd person sing. (gij) pendelt pendelde
3rd person singular pendelt pendelde
plural pendelen pendelden
subjunctive sing.1 pendele pendelde
subjunctive plur.1 pendelen pendelden
imperative sing. pendel
imperative plur.1 pendelt
participles pendelend gependeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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pendelen m

  1. definite singular of pendel

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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pendelen m

  1. definite singular of pendel