From rinkel (“a jingle-bell”) or from Middle Dutch ringen (“to ring”) + -elen (frequentative suffix).
rinkelen
Conjugation of rinkelen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | rinkelen | |||
past singular | rinkelde | |||
past participle | gerinkeld | |||
infinitive | rinkelen | |||
gerund | rinkelen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | rinkel | rinkelde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | rinkelt, rinkel2 | rinkelde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | rinkelt | rinkelde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | rinkelt | rinkelde | ||
3rd person singular | rinkelt | rinkelde | ||
plural | rinkelen | rinkelden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | rinkele | rinkelde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | rinkelen | rinkelden | ||
imperative sing. | rinkel | |||
imperative plur.1 | rinkelt | |||
participles | rinkelend | gerinkeld | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |