From Middle Dutch wervelen. By surface analysis, werven + -elen; this frequentative verb was formed from werven when that verb still had the meaning "to turn" (compare Old Dutch *wervan). This meaning is also seen in the related noun wervel (“vertebra”), which originally meant "something that turns or twists", referring perhaps to the shape of the spinal column.
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wervelen
| Conjugation of wervelen (weak) | ||||
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| infinitive | wervelen | |||
| past singular | wervelde | |||
| past participle | gewerveld | |||
| infinitive | wervelen | |||
| gerund | wervelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | wervel | wervelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | wervelt, wervel2 | wervelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | wervelt | wervelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | wervelt | wervelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | wervelt | wervelde | ||
| plural | wervelen | wervelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | wervele | wervelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | wervelen | wervelden | ||
| imperative sing. | wervel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | wervelt | |||
| participles | wervelend | gewerveld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||