zwijmen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch swimen, from Old Dutch *swīman, from Proto-West Germanic *swīman, from Proto-Germanic *swīmaną (“to sway, to swoon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛi̯mə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zwij‧men
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯mən
Verb
zwijmen
- (intransitive) to faint, to swoon
- Synonym: bezwijmen
- (intransitive) to lose strength, to collapse
- Synonym: bezwijken
Conjugation
| Conjugation of zwijmen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zwijmen | |||
| past singular | zwijmde | |||
| past participle | gezwijmd | |||
| infinitive | zwijmen | |||
| gerund | zwijmen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zwijm | zwijmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zwijmt, zwijm2 | zwijmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zwijmt | zwijmde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zwijmt | zwijmde | ||
| 3rd person singular | zwijmt | zwijmde | ||
| plural | zwijmen | zwijmden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zwijme | zwijmde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zwijmen | zwijmden | ||
| imperative sing. | zwijm | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zwijmt | |||
| participles | zwijmend | gezwijmd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||