zamelen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch *samelen, reflected in the early 15th-century Middle Dutch samelinge. The word is generally considered to be borrowed from German; if this word indeed existed in Middle Dutch, then it would be borrowed from Middle High German samelen.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaː.mə.lə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aːmələn
Verb
zamelen
- (archaic, transitive) to gather
- Synonyms: verzamelen, vergaren
Conjugation
| Conjugation of zamelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zamelen | |||
| past singular | zamelde | |||
| past participle | gezameld | |||
| infinitive | zamelen | |||
| gerund | zamelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zamel | zamelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zamelt, zamel2 | zamelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zamelt | zamelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zamelt | zamelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | zamelt | zamelde | ||
| plural | zamelen | zamelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zamele | zamelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zamelen | zamelden | ||
| imperative sing. | zamel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zamelt | |||
| participles | zamelend | gezameld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- inzamelen
- verzamelen
- zameling
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zamelen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute