zweep
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zʋeːp/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zweep
- Rhymes: -eːp
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch swepe.
Noun
zweep f (plural zwepen, diminutive zweepje n)
- a whip (lashing implement, notably single-tail)
- (figuratively) a whipping, corporal punishment
- (archaic, figurative) force, extreme pressure
Alternative forms
- zwiep (dialectal)
Derived terms
- buffelzweep
- hondenzweep
- koetsierszweep
- ossenzweep
- paardenzweep
- rijzweep
- touwzweep
- zweepdiertje
- zweepdraad
- zweephaar
- zweepslag
- zweepslang
- zweepspin
- zweepstaart
- zweeptol
- zweepworm
- zwepen
- zwepenboom
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sweep
- → Munsee: shuwíip
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
zweep
- inflection of zwepen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative