zwijken

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch swiken, from Old Dutch *swīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *swīkwan, from Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

zwijken

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of bezwijken

Conjugation

Conjugation of zwijken (strong class 1)
infinitive zwijken
past singular zweek
past participle gezweken
infinitive zwijken
gerund zwijken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zwijk zweek
2nd person sing. (jij) zwijkt, zwijk2 zweek
2nd person sing. (u) zwijkt zweek
2nd person sing. (gij) zwijkt zweekt
3rd person singular zwijkt zweek
plural zwijken zweken
subjunctive sing.1 zwijke zweke
subjunctive plur.1 zwijken zweken
imperative sing. zwijk
imperative plur.1 zwijkt
participles zwijkend gezweken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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