twitteren

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʋɪ.tə.rən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: twit‧te‧ren
  • Rhymes: -ɪtərən

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Twitter

Verb

twitteren

  1. to tweet (post on Twitter)
    Synonyms: tweeten, x'en
  2. to use Twitter
    Synonym: x'en
Conjugation
Conjugation of twitteren (weak)
infinitive twitteren
past singular twitterde
past participle getwitterd
infinitive twitteren
gerund twitteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular twitter twitterde
2nd person sing. (jij) twittert, twitter2 twitterde
2nd person sing. (u) twittert twitterde
2nd person sing. (gij) twittert twitterde
3rd person singular twittert twitterde
plural twitteren twitterden
subjunctive sing.1 twittere twitterde
subjunctive plur.1 twitteren twitterden
imperative sing. twitter
imperative plur.1 twittert
participles twitterend getwitterd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English twitter, or onomatopoeic.

Verb

twitteren

  1. (rare) to tweet (utter a succession of chirps)
    Synonyms: kwetteren, tjilpen
    • 1904, J. Steynen, Maagdlykheid:
      In den ouden kastanjeboom zat 'n vink, die twitterde, zingen wou van lentepret; lief-onbeholpen stiet ie de nootjes uit het vroolijke bekje in de morgenlucht, die de fijne geuren droeg van de maartviooltjes.
      In the old chestnut tree sat a finch, which tweeted, wanted to sing for the joy of spring; sweetly and clumsily he thrust the nuts from its cheerful beak into the morning air, which carried the fine scents of the March violets.
    • 1950, S. van der Zee, “Morellenmijmeringen”, in Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant en Vrije Twentsche courant, volume 144, number 79:
      Boven op de ladder ga ik zitten en vermaak me met een paar uitgevlogen koolmezen, die midden in de morel zitten te twitteren.
      I'm sitting atop the ladder and amuse myself with a couple of fledged great tits, which are tweeting in the middle of the cherry tree.
Conjugation
Conjugation of twitteren (weak)
infinitive twitteren
past singular twitterde
past participle getwitterd
infinitive twitteren
gerund twitteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular twitter twitterde
2nd person sing. (jij) twittert, twitter2 twitterde
2nd person sing. (u) twittert twitterde
2nd person sing. (gij) twittert twitterde
3rd person singular twittert twitterde
plural twitteren twitterden
subjunctive sing.1 twittere twitterde
subjunctive plur.1 twitteren twitterden
imperative sing. twitter
imperative plur.1 twittert
participles twitterend getwitterd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.