zingen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch singen, from Old Dutch singan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɪ.ŋə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zin‧gen
- Rhymes: -ɪŋən
Verb
zingen
- to sing
- (slang) to sing, to blab to the police, to confess under interrogation
Conjugation
| Conjugation of zingen (strong class 3a) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zingen | |||
| past singular | zong | |||
| past participle | gezongen | |||
| infinitive | zingen | |||
| gerund | zingen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zing | zong | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zingt, zing2 | zong | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zingt | zong | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zingt | zongt | ||
| 3rd person singular | zingt | zong | ||
| plural | zingen | zongen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zinge | zonge | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zingen | zongen | ||
| imperative sing. | zing | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zingt | |||
| participles | zingend | gezongen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||