zwijmen

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch swimen, from Old Dutch *swīman, from Proto-West Germanic *swīman, from Proto-Germanic *swīmaną (“to sway, to swoon”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛi̯mə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zwij‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯mən

Verb

zwijmen

  1. (intransitive) to faint, to swoon
    Synonym: bezwijmen
  2. (intransitive) to lose strength, to collapse
    Synonym: bezwijken

Conjugation

Conjugation of zwijmen (weak)
infinitive zwijmen
past singular zwijmde
past participle gezwijmd
infinitive zwijmen
gerund zwijmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zwijm zwijmde
2nd person sing. (jij) zwijmt, zwijm2 zwijmde
2nd person sing. (u) zwijmt zwijmde
2nd person sing. (gij) zwijmt zwijmde
3rd person singular zwijmt zwijmde
plural zwijmen zwijmden
subjunctive sing.1 zwijme zwijmde
subjunctive plur.1 zwijmen zwijmden
imperative sing. zwijm
imperative plur.1 zwijmt
participles zwijmend gezwijmd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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