tongelen

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Dutch

Etymology

From tong (“tongue”) +‎ -elen.

Verb

tongelen

  1. (of animals) to stick out or flick the tongue briefly
    Slangen ruiken door te tongelen. ― Snakes smell by flicking the tongue.
    Honden tongelen soms uit stress. ― Dogs sometimes stick out their tongue briefly due to stress.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tongelen (weak)
infinitive tongelen
past singular tongelde
past participle getongeld
infinitive tongelen
gerund tongelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tongel tongelde
2nd person sing. (jij) tongelt, tongel2 tongelde
2nd person sing. (u) tongelt tongelde
2nd person sing. (gij) tongelt tongelde
3rd person singular tongelt tongelde
plural tongelen tongelden
subjunctive sing.1 tongele tongelde
subjunctive plur.1 tongelen tongelden
imperative sing. tongel
imperative plur.1 tongelt
participles tongelend getongeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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