switchen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English switch. By surface analysis, switch +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʋɪt.ʃə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: swit‧chen
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

switchen

  1. (informal, ambitransitive) to switch
    Synonyms: wisselen, schakelen, overschakelen
    Ik denk eraan om te switchen naar een andere telecomprovider.I am thinking of switching to a different telecom provider.

Conjugation

Conjugation of switchen (weak)
infinitive switchen
past singular switchte
past participle geswitcht
infinitive switchen
gerund switchen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular switch switchte
2nd person sing. (jij) switcht, switch2 switchte
2nd person sing. (u) switcht switchte
2nd person sing. (gij) switcht switchte
3rd person singular switcht switchte
plural switchen switchten
subjunctive sing.1 switche switchte
subjunctive plur.1 switchen switchten
imperative sing. switch
imperative plur.1 switcht
participles switchend geswitcht
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English switch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɪt͡ʃn̩/
  • Hyphenation: swit‧chen
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

switchen (weak or irregular weak, third-person singular present switcht, past tense switchte, past participle geswitcht or (proscribed) geswitched, auxiliary haben)

  1. to code-switch

Conjugation

Further reading

  • switchen” in Duden online
  • switchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache