grondelen

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Dutch

Grondelende eenden. — Dabbling ducks.

Etymology

From grond (“ground”) +‎ -elen, a frequentative verb referring to the act of orienting oneself towards the ground underwater. Compare German gründeln.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɔn.də.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: gron‧de‧len

Verb

grondelen

  1. (intransitive, of waterfowl) to dabble; to submerge one's head in order to forage while one's rear remains above the surface

Conjugation

Conjugation of grondelen (weak)
infinitive grondelen
past singular grondelde
past participle gegrondeld
infinitive grondelen
gerund grondelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular grondel grondelde
2nd person sing. (jij) grondelt, grondel2 grondelde
2nd person sing. (u) grondelt grondelde
2nd person sing. (gij) grondelt grondelde
3rd person singular grondelt grondelde
plural grondelen grondelden
subjunctive sing.1 grondele grondelde
subjunctive plur.1 grondelen grondelden
imperative sing. grondel
imperative plur.1 grondelt
participles grondelend gegrondeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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