redekavelen
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- redencavelen (obsolete)
- reden-cavelen (obsolete)
- redenkavelen (obsolete)
- reden-kavelen (obsolete)
Etymology edit
Compound of rede or reden + kavelen. Coined by Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel in his Kort Begrip des Redenkavelings.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
redekavelen
- (intransitive) to argue, to engage in a disputation [from early 17th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) to reason and consider one's thoughts logically [1584 or 1585–19th c.]
Inflection edit
| Conjugation of redekavelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | redekavelen | |||
| past singular | redekavelde | |||
| past participle | geredekaveld | |||
| infinitive | redekavelen | |||
| gerund | redekavelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | redekavel | redekavelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | redekavelt | redekavelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | redekavelt | redekavelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | redekavelt | redekavelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | redekavelt | redekavelde | ||
| plural | redekavelen | redekavelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | redekavele | redekavelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | redekavelen | redekavelden | ||
| imperative sing. | redekavel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | redekavelt | |||
| participles | redekavelend | geredekaveld | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||