hengelen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch hengelen, equivalent to hengel (“fishing rod”) +‎ -en. The fishing sense is influenced by Dutch angel (“fishhook”), Middle Dutch angelen (“to pierce with a hook”). Compare also hengelroede (“fishing rod”) with dialectal or obsolete Dutch angelroede (“fishing rod”), German Angelrute (“fishing rod”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɛ.ŋə.lə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋələn
  • Hyphenation: hen‧ge‧len

Verb

hengelen

  1. (intransitive) to angle, to fish with a fishhook on a line on a rod
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to fish for information or some reaction

Conjugation

Conjugation of hengelen (weak)
infinitive hengelen
past singular hengelde
past participle gehengeld
infinitive hengelen
gerund hengelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hengel hengelde
2nd person sing. (jij) hengelt, hengel2 hengelde
2nd person sing. (u) hengelt hengelde
2nd person sing. (gij) hengelt hengelde
3rd person singular hengelt hengelde
plural hengelen hengelden
subjunctive sing.1 hengele hengelde
subjunctive plur.1 hengelen hengelden
imperative sing. hengel
imperative plur.1 hengelt
participles hengelend gehengeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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