huilen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hulen, from Old Dutch *huwilon, *hūlon, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦœy̯lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: hui‧len
  • Rhymes: -œy̯lən

Verb

huilen

  1. to cry, to weep in sorrow
    Synonyms: (informal) janken, (formal) wenen, (formal) schreien
  2. to howl forcefully, like a (were)wolf or wind

Conjugation

Conjugation of huilen (weak)
infinitive huilen
past singular huilde
past participle gehuild
infinitive huilen
gerund huilen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular huil huilde
2nd person sing. (jij) huilt, huil2 huilde
2nd person sing. (u) huilt huilde
2nd person sing. (gij) huilt huilde
3rd person singular huilt huilde
plural huilen huilden
subjunctive sing.1 huile huilde
subjunctive plur.1 huilen huilden
imperative sing. huil
imperative plur.1 huilt
participles huilend gehuild
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: huil
  • Negerhollands: hyelen, hyel