kwijlen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch quilen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʋɛi̯lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: kwij‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯lən

Verb

kwijlen

  1. (intransitive) to drool

Inflection

Conjugation of kwijlen (weak)
infinitive kwijlen
past singular kwijlde
past participle gekwijld
infinitive kwijlen
gerund kwijlen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kwijl kwijlde
2nd person sing. (jij) kwijlt, kwijl2 kwijlde
2nd person sing. (u) kwijlt kwijlde
2nd person sing. (gij) kwijlt kwijlde
3rd person singular kwijlt kwijlde
plural kwijlen kwijlden
subjunctive sing.1 kwijle kwijlde
subjunctive plur.1 kwijlen kwijlden
imperative sing. kwijl
imperative plur.1 kwijlt
participles kwijlend gekwijld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: kwyl
  • Saramaccan: kwéi, kpéi