zwellen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch swellen, from Old Dutch *swellan, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛlə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zwel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Verb

zwellen

  1. (intransitive) to swell

Inflection

Inflection of zwellen (strong class 3b)
infinitive zwellen
past singular zwol
past participle gezwollen
infinitive zwellen
gerund zwellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zwel zwol
2nd person sing. (jij) zwelt zwol
2nd person sing. (u) zwelt zwol
2nd person sing. (gij) zwelt zwolt
3rd person singular zwelt zwol
plural zwellen zwollen
subjunctive sing.1 zwelle zwolle
subjunctive plur.1 zwellen zwollen
imperative sing. zwel
imperative plur.1 zwelt
participles zwellend gezwollen
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: swel
  • Negerhollands: swel