Dutch

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed from German summen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzu.mə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zoe‧men
  • Rhymes: -umən

Verb

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zoemen

  1. (intransitive) to buzz

Conjugation

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Conjugation of zoemen (weak)
infinitive zoemen
past singular zoemde
past participle gezoemd
infinitive zoemen
gerund zoemen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zoem zoemde
2nd person sing. (jij) zoemt, zoem2 zoemde
2nd person sing. (u) zoemt zoemde
2nd person sing. (gij) zoemt zoemde
3rd person singular zoemt zoemde
plural zoemen zoemden
subjunctive sing.1 zoeme zoemde
subjunctive plur.1 zoemen zoemden
imperative sing. zoem
imperative plur.1 zoemt
participles zoemend gezoemd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Caribbean Javanese: ngesum