huwen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch huwen, from Old Dutch *hīwen, from Proto-Germanic *hīwijaną, related to *hīwą (“marriage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦyu̯ə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: hu‧wen
- Rhymes: -yu̯ən
Verb
huwen
- to marry, wed
- Synonym: in het echt treden
- Synonym: trouwen
- (figuratively) to achieve or join by marriage or a similar alliance
Conjugation
| Conjugation of huwen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | huwen | |||
| past singular | huwde | |||
| past participle | gehuwd | |||
| infinitive | huwen | |||
| gerund | huwen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | huw | huwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | huwt, huw2 | huwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | huwt | huwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | huwt | huwde | ||
| 3rd person singular | huwt | huwde | ||
| plural | huwen | huwden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | huwe | huwde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | huwen | huwden | ||
| imperative sing. | huw | |||
| imperative plur.1 | huwt | |||
| participles | huwend | gehuwd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: hu
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *hīwen, from Proto-Germanic *hīwijaną, related to *hīwą (“marriage”).
Verb
huwen
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | huwen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | huwens | ||||||
| dative | huwene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | huwe | — | huwe | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | huus, huwes | — | huus, huwes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | huut, huwet | — | huwe | — | |||
| 1st person plural | huwen | — | huwen | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | huut, huwet | — | huut, huwet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | huwen | — | huwen | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | hu, huwe | ||||||
| plural | huut, huwet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | huwende | — | |||||
Descendants
- Dutch: huwen
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Determiner
huwen
- alternative spelling of uwen; inflection of uwe:
- masculine accusative/dative singular
- neuter dative singular
- dative plural
Further reading
- “huwen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “huwen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I