twitteren

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʋɪ.tə.rən/
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  • Hyphenation: twit‧te‧ren
  • Rhymes: -ɪtərən

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English Twitter

Verb

twitteren

  1. to tweet (post on Twitter)
    Synonyms: tweeten, x'en
  2. to use Twitter
    Synonym: x'en
Inflection
Conjugation of twitteren (weak)
infinitive twitteren
past singular twitterde
past participle getwitterd
infinitive twitteren
gerund twitteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular twittertwitterde
2nd person sing. (jij) twitterttwitterde
2nd person sing. (u) twitterttwitterde
2nd person sing. (gij) twitterttwitterde
3rd person singular twitterttwitterde
plural twitterentwitterden
subjunctive sing.1 twitteretwitterde
subjunctive plur.1 twitterentwitterden
imperative sing. twitter
imperative plur.1 twittert
participles twitterendgetwitterd
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English twitter, or onomatopoeic.

Verb

twitteren

  1. (rare) to tweet (utter a succession of chirps)
    Synonyms: kwetteren, tjilpen
    • 1904, J. Steynen, Maagdlykheid:
      In den ouden kastanjeboom zat 'n vink, die twitterde, zingen wou van lentepret; lief-onbeholpen stiet ie de nootjes uit het vroolijke bekje in de morgenlucht, die de fijne geuren droeg van de maartviooltjes.
      In the old chestnut tree sat a finch, which tweeted, wanted to sing for the joy of spring; sweetly and clumsily he thrust the nuts from its cheerful beak into the morning air, which carried the fine scents of the March violets.
    • 1950, S. van der Zee, “Morellenmijmeringen”, in Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant en Vrije Twentsche courant, volume 144, number 79:
      Boven op de ladder ga ik zitten en vermaak me met een paar uitgevlogen koolmezen, die midden in de morel zitten te twitteren.
      I'm sitting atop the ladder and amuse myself with a couple of fledged great tits, which are tweeting in the middle of the cherry tree.
Inflection
Conjugation of twitteren (weak)
infinitive twitteren
past singular twitterde
past participle getwitterd
infinitive twitteren
gerund twitteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular twittertwitterde
2nd person sing. (jij) twitterttwitterde
2nd person sing. (u) twitterttwitterde
2nd person sing. (gij) twitterttwitterde
3rd person singular twitterttwitterde
plural twitterentwitterden
subjunctive sing.1 twitteretwitterde
subjunctive plur.1 twitterentwitterden
imperative sing. twitter
imperative plur.1 twittert
participles twitterendgetwitterd
1) Archaic.
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