zwendelen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From zwindelen, from Middle Dutch swindelen. Equivalent to zwinden (“to disappear”) + -elen. The sense “to swindle” is a semantic loan from German schwindeln and possibly English swindle.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
zwendelen
- (intransitive) to swindle [from 18th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete) to be dizzy
Inflection edit
| Inflection of zwendelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zwendelen | |||
| past singular | zwendelde | |||
| past participle | gezwendeld | |||
| infinitive | zwendelen | |||
| gerund | zwendelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zwendel | zwendelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zwendelt | zwendelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zwendelt | zwendelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zwendelt | zwendelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | zwendelt | zwendelde | ||
| plural | zwendelen | zwendelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zwendele | zwendelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zwendelen | zwendelden | ||
| imperative sing. | zwendel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zwendelt | |||
| participles | zwendelend | gezwendeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Michiel de Vaan, "Etymologie: zwendel", Neerlandistiek, 2016.