zwendelen

Dutch

Etymology

From zwindelen, from Middle Dutch swindelen. Equivalent to zwinden (“to disappear”) +‎ -elen. The sense “to swindle” is a semantic loan from German schwindeln and possibly English swindle.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛndələ(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zwen‧de‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛndələn

Verb

zwendelen

  1. (intransitive) to swindle [from 18th c.]
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to be dizzy

Inflection
Inflection of zwendelen (weak)
infinitive zwendelen
past singular zwendelde
past participle gezwendeld
infinitive zwendelen
gerund zwendelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zwendelzwendelde
2nd person sing. (jij) zwendeltzwendelde
2nd person sing. (u) zwendeltzwendelde
2nd person sing. (gij) zwendeltzwendelde
3rd person singular zwendeltzwendelde
plural zwendelenzwendelden
subjunctive sing.1 zwendelezwendelde
subjunctive plur.1 zwendelenzwendelden
imperative sing. zwendel
imperative plur.1 zwendelt
participles zwendelendgezwendeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

References
  1. Michiel de Vaan, "Etymologie: zwendel", Neerlandistiek, 2016.
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