wrikken

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (to wriggle), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (to turn, wrap, tie), from *wer- (to turn, bend). Perhaps related to Low German wriggen (to twist).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvrɪkə(n)/
  • (file)

Verb

wrikken

  1. to pry, wrench

Inflection

Conjugation of wrikken (weak)
infinitive wrikken
past singular wrikte
past participle gewrikt
infinitive wrikken
gerund wrikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wrikwrikte
2nd person sing. (jij) wriktwrikte
2nd person sing. (u) wriktwrikte
2nd person sing. (gij) wriktwrikte
3rd person singular wriktwrikte
plural wrikkenwrikten
subjunctive sing.1 wrikkewrikte
subjunctive plur.1 wrikkenwrikten
imperative sing. wrik
imperative plur.1 wrikt
participles wrikkendgewrikt
1) Archaic.

References

  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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