Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch swelten, from Old Dutch *sweltan, from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛl.tə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: zwel‧ten

Verb edit

zwelten

  1. (Belgium, dated) to die
  2. (Belgium, dated) to succumb to injury or illness
  3. (Belgium, dated) to die in miserable circumstances

Inflection edit

Inflection of zwelten (strong class 3b)
infinitive zwelten
past singular zwolt
past participle gezwolten
infinitive zwelten
gerund zwelten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zwelt zwolt
2nd person sing. (jij) zwelt zwolt
2nd person sing. (u) zwelt zwolt
2nd person sing. (gij) zwelt zwolt
3rd person singular zwelt zwolt
plural zwelten zwolten
subjunctive sing.1 zwelte zwolte
subjunctive plur.1 zwelten zwolten
imperative sing. zwelt
imperative plur.1 zwelt
participles zweltend gezwolten
1) Archaic.

Synonyms edit