zwendelen

Dutch

Etymology

From zwindelen, from Middle Dutch swindelen. Equivalent to zwinden (“to disappear”) +‎ -elen. The sense “to swindle” is a semantic loan from German schwindeln and possibly English swindle.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛndələ(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zwen‧de‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛndələn

Verb

zwendelen

  1. (intransitive) to swindle [from 18th c.]
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to be dizzy

Conjugation

Conjugation of zwendelen (weak)
infinitive zwendelen
past singular zwendelde
past participle gezwendeld
infinitive zwendelen
gerund zwendelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zwendel zwendelde
2nd person sing. (jij) zwendelt, zwendel2 zwendelde
2nd person sing. (u) zwendelt zwendelde
2nd person sing. (gij) zwendelt zwendelde
3rd person singular zwendelt zwendelde
plural zwendelen zwendelden
subjunctive sing.1 zwendele zwendelde
subjunctive plur.1 zwendelen zwendelden
imperative sing. zwendel
imperative plur.1 zwendelt
participles zwendelend gezwendeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: swendel

References

  1. ^ Michiel de Vaan, "Etymologie: zwendel", Neerlandistiek, 2016.
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