zeilen

See also: Zeilen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛi̯.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zei‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯lən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch seilen, from Old Dutch *seglon, from Proto-West Germanic *seglōn. By surface analysis, zeil +‎ -en.

Verb

zeilen

  1. (transitive) to sail (to ride in a sailboat)
Conjugation
Conjugation of zeilen (weak)
infinitive zeilen
past singular zeilde
past participle gezeild
infinitive zeilen
gerund zeilen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zeil zeilde
2nd person sing. (jij) zeilt, zeil2 zeilde
2nd person sing. (u) zeilt zeilde
2nd person sing. (gij) zeilt zeilde
3rd person singular zeilt zeilde
plural zeilen zeilden
subjunctive sing.1 zeile zeilde
subjunctive plur.1 zeilen zeilden
imperative sing. zeil
imperative plur.1 zeilt
participles zeilend gezeild
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
verbs
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: seil
  • Negerhollands: seel, segel, zeil
    • Virgin Islands Creole: zeil (dated)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

zeilen

  1. plural of zeil

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