zwenken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch swenken, from Old Dutch *swenken, from Proto-West Germanic *swankijan, from Proto-Germanic *swankijaną (“cause to swing”) a causative to *swinkaną (“to swing”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛŋ.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zwen‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

Verb

zwenken

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sway, swing
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to wave, waver

Inflection

Inflection of zwenken (weak)
infinitive zwenken
past singular zwenkte
past participle gezwenkt
infinitive zwenken
gerund zwenken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zwenk zwenkte
2nd person sing. (jij) zwenkt zwenkte
2nd person sing. (u) zwenkt zwenkte
2nd person sing. (gij) zwenkt zwenkte
3rd person singular zwenkt zwenkte
plural zwenken zwenkten
subjunctive sing.1 zwenke zwenkte
subjunctive plur.1 zwenken zwenkten
imperative sing. zwenk
imperative plur.1 zwenkt
participles zwenkend gezwenkt
1) Archaic.

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