abseilen

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German abseilen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑpˌsɛi̯.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ab‧sei‧len

Verb

abseilen

  1. to abseil

Conjugation

Conjugation of abseilen (weak, separable)
infinitive abseilen
past singular seilde ab
past participle abgeseild
infinitive abseilen
gerund abseilen n
main clause subordinate clause
present tense past tense present tense past tense
1st person singular seil ab seilde ab abseil abseilde
2nd person sing. (jij) seilt ab, seil ab2 seilde ab abseilt abseilde
2nd person sing. (u) seilt ab seilde ab abseilt abseilde
2nd person sing. (gij) seilt ab seilde ab abseilt abseilde
3rd person singular seilt ab seilde ab abseilt abseilde
plural seilen ab seilden ab abseilen abseilden
subjunctive sing.1 seile ab seilde ab abseile abseilde
subjunctive plur.1 seilen ab seilden ab abseilen abseilden
imperative sing. seil ab
imperative plur.1 seilt ab
participles abseilend abgeseild
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

Etymology

From ab- +‎ Seil +‎ -en. First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

Verb

abseilen (weak, third-person singular present seilt ab, past tense seilte ab, past participle abgeseilt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to descend on a rope
  2. (transitive) to make s.o. descend on a rope

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Descendants

  • Dutch: abseilen
  • English: abseil

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