From Middle Dutch houwen, from Old Dutch houwan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”).
houwen
| Conjugation of houwen (strong class 7) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | houwen | |||
| past singular | hieuw | |||
| past participle | gehouwen | |||
| infinitive | houwen | |||
| gerund | houwen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | houw | hieuw | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | houwt, houw2 | hieuw | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | houwt | hieuw | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | houwt | hieuwt | ||
| 3rd person singular | houwt | hieuw | ||
| plural | houwen | hieuwen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | houwe | hieuwe | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | houwen | hieuwen | ||
| imperative sing. | houw | |||
| imperative plur.1 | houwt | |||
| participles | houwend | gehouwen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
| Conjugation of houwen (weak with strong past participle) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | houwen | |||
| past singular | houwde | |||
| past participle | gehouwen | |||
| infinitive | houwen | |||
| gerund | houwen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | houw | houwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | houwt, houw2 | houwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | houwt | houwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | houwt | houwde | ||
| 3rd person singular | houwt | houwde | ||
| plural | houwen | houwden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | houwe | houwde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | houwen | houwden | ||
| imperative sing. | houw | |||
| imperative plur.1 | houwt | |||
| participles | houwend | gehouwen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From houden, with weakening of intervocalic -d- as is common in Dutch, particularly in informal usage; compare rode/rooie, leder/leer, raden/raaien and so forth.
houwen
From Old Dutch houwan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”).
houwen
| Strong class 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | houwen | |
| 3rd sg. past | hieu | |
| 3rd pl. past | hiewen | |
| Past participle | gehouwen | |
| Infinitive | houwen | |
| In genitive | houwens | |
| In dative | houwene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | houwe | hieu |
| 2nd singular | hous, houwes | hieus, hiewes |
| 3rd singular | hout, houwet | hieu |
| 1st plural | houwen | hiewen |
| 2nd plural | hout, houwet | hieut, hiewet |
| 3rd plural | houwen | hiewen |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | houwe | hiewe |
| 2nd singular | hous, houwes | hiewes |
| 3rd singular | houwe | hiewe |
| 1st plural | houwen | hiewen |
| 2nd plural | hout, houwet | hiewet |
| 3rd plural | houwen | hiewen |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | hou, houwe | |
| Plural | hout, houwet | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | houwende | gehouwen |