From Middle Dutch slingen, from Old Dutch , from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną (“to worm, twist”). Cognate to English sling, German schlingen.
slingen
Conjugation of slingen (strong class 3a) | ||||
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infinitive | slingen | |||
past singular | slong | |||
past participle | geslongen | |||
infinitive | slingen | |||
gerund | slingen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | sling | slong | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | slingt, sling2 | slong | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | slingt | slong | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | slingt | slongt | ||
3rd person singular | slingt | slong | ||
plural | slingen | slongen | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | slinge | slonge | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | slingen | slongen | ||
imperative sing. | sling | |||
imperative plur.1 | slingt | |||
participles | slingend | geslongen | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |