zwepen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋeː.pə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: zwe‧pen
  • Rhymes: -eːpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch swepen, from Old Dutch *swipon, *swipen, from Proto-Germanic *swipjaną (“to move”) and Proto-Germanic *swipǭ (“whip, lash”). Cognate with West Frisian swypkje (“to whip”), Middle English swippen (“to strike, move swiftly, glide”).

Verb

zwepen

  1. (transitive) to whip, flog, lash
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to drive forcefully
Conjugation
Conjugation of zwepen (weak)
infinitive zwepen
past singular zweepte
past participle gezweept
infinitive zwepen
gerund zwepen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zweep zweepte
2nd person sing. (jij) zweept, zweep2 zweepte
2nd person sing. (u) zweept zweepte
2nd person sing. (gij) zweept zweepte
3rd person singular zweept zweepte
plural zwepen zweepten
subjunctive sing.1 zwepe zweepte
subjunctive plur.1 zwepen zweepten
imperative sing. zweep
imperative plur.1 zweept
participles zwepend gezweept
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
  • aanzwepen
  • afzwepen
  • omzwepen
  • opzwepen
  • overzwepen
  • rondzwepen
  • uitzwepen
  • vastzwepen
  • voortzwepen
  • wegzwepen
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: swip

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

zwepen

  1. plural of zweep
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