zwikken

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋɪ.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zwik‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch zwikken, from Old Dutch *swikkon, from Proto-Germanic *swikkōną an iterative to Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (“to move out of the way”), whence Dutch zwijken.

Verb

zwikken

  1. (transitive) to sprain, to wrench
  2. (transitive) to give way, to snap
  3. (transitive) to last a shoe
Conjugation
Conjugation of zwikken (weak)
infinitive zwikken
past singular zwikte
past participle gezwikt
infinitive zwikken
gerund zwikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zwik zwikte
2nd person sing. (jij) zwikt, zwik2 zwikte
2nd person sing. (u) zwikt zwikte
2nd person sing. (gij) zwikt zwikte
3rd person singular zwikt zwikte
plural zwikken zwikten
subjunctive sing.1 zwikke zwikte
subjunctive plur.1 zwikken zwikten
imperative sing. zwik
imperative plur.1 zwikt
participles zwikkend gezwikt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

zwikken

  1. plural of zwik
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