relaxen
Catalan
editVerb
editrelaxen
Dutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Verb
editrelaxen
- (intransitive, informal) to relax
- Synonym: ontspannen
Conjugation
editConjugation of relaxen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | relaxen | |||
past singular | relaxte | |||
past participle | gerelaxt | |||
infinitive | relaxen | |||
gerund | relaxen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | relax | relaxte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | relaxt, relax2 | relaxte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | relaxt | relaxte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | relaxt | relaxte | ||
3rd person singular | relaxt | relaxte | ||
plural | relaxen | relaxten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | relaxe | relaxte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | relaxen | relaxten | ||
imperative sing. | relax | |||
imperative plur.1 | relaxt | |||
participles | relaxend | gerelaxt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Related terms
editGerman
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editrelaxen (weak, third-person singular present relaxt, past tense relaxte, past participle relaxt, auxiliary haben)
- to relax
Conjugation
editinfinitive | relaxen | ||||
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present participle | relaxend | ||||
past participle | relaxt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich relaxe | wir relaxen | i | ich relaxe | wir relaxen |
du relaxt | ihr relaxt | du relaxest | ihr relaxet | ||
er relaxt | sie relaxen | er relaxe | sie relaxen | ||
preterite | ich relaxte | wir relaxten | ii | ich relaxte1 | wir relaxten1 |
du relaxtest | ihr relaxtet | du relaxtest1 | ihr relaxtet1 | ||
er relaxte | sie relaxten | er relaxte1 | sie relaxten1 | ||
imperative | relax (du) relaxe (du) |
relaxt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
editMiddle English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French relaxer (“remit, pardon (sins), liberate, acquit, loosen, slacken”) as well as its etymon Latin relaxāre (“relax, loosen, open”).
Verb
editrelaxen
- (transitive) loosen, make (something) less compact or dense
- (intransitive) loosen (become loose), slacken
- (transitive) remit, annul (a debt or other obligation)
Descendants
edit- English: relax
References
edit- “relax, v.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “relaxen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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