From Middle Dutch torsen (“to pack, load”) (compare metathesized trossen, meaning the same), from Old French torser (“to pack, bind together”) (French trousser), from Vulgar Latin *torsare, from *torsus, a variant form of tortus, the past participle of torqueō.
torsen
Conjugation of torsen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | torsen | |||
past singular | torste | |||
past participle | getorst | |||
infinitive | torsen | |||
gerund | torsen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | tors | torste | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | torst, tors2 | torste | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | torst | torste | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | torst | torste | ||
3rd person singular | torst | torste | ||
plural | torsen | torsten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | torse | torste | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | torsen | torsten | ||
imperative sing. | tors | |||
imperative plur.1 | torst | |||
participles | torsend | getorst | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
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