zwenken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch swenken, from Old Dutch *swenken, from Proto-West Germanic *swankijan, from Proto-Germanic *swankijaną (cause to swing) a causative to *swinkaną (to swing).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛŋ.kə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: zwen‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋkən

Verb

zwenken

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to sway, swing
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to wave, waver

Inflection

Inflection of zwenken (weak)
infinitive zwenken
past singular zwenkte
past participle gezwenkt
infinitive zwenken
gerund zwenken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zwenkzwenkte
2nd person sing. (jij) zwenktzwenkte
2nd person sing. (u) zwenktzwenkte
2nd person sing. (gij) zwenktzwenkte
3rd person singular zwenktzwenkte
plural zwenkenzwenkten
subjunctive sing.1 zwenkezwenkte
subjunctive plur.1 zwenkenzwenkten
imperative sing. zwenk
imperative plur.1 zwenkt
participles zwenkendgezwenkt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

  • afzwenken
  • omzwenken
  • overzwenken
  • uitzwenken
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