swingen
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English swing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʋɪ.ŋə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: swin‧gen
- Rhymes: -ɪŋən
Verb
swingen
- (intransitive) to swing
Inflection
| Inflection of swingen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | swingen | |||
| past singular | swingde | |||
| past participle | geswingd | |||
| infinitive | swingen | |||
| gerund | swingen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | swing | swingde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | swingt | swingde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | swingt | swingde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | swingt | swingde | ||
| 3rd person singular | swingt | swingde | ||
| plural | swingen | swingden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | swinge | swingde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | swingen | swingden | ||
| imperative sing. | swing | |||
| imperative plur.1 | swingt | |||
| participles | swingend | geswingd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą.
Verb
swingen
- (intransitive) to swing, to sway
- (intransitive) to fall, to topple
- (transitive) to swing, to sway
- (transitive) to fling outwards
Inflection
| Strong class 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | swingen | |
| 3rd sg. past | swanc | |
| 3rd pl. past | swongen | |
| Past participle | geswongen | |
| Infinitive | swingen | |
| In genitive | swingens | |
| In dative | swingene | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | swinge | swanc |
| 2nd singular | swincs, swinges | swoncs, swonges |
| 3rd singular | swinct, swinget | swanc |
| 1st plural | swingen | swongen |
| 2nd plural | swinct, swinget | swonct, swonget |
| 3rd plural | swingen | swongen |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | swinge | swonge |
| 2nd singular | swincs, swinges | swonges |
| 3rd singular | swinge | swonge |
| 1st plural | swingen | swongen |
| 2nd plural | swinct, swinget | swonget |
| 3rd plural | swingen | swongen |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | swinc, swinge | |
| Plural | swinct, swinget | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | swingende | geswongen |
Descendants
- Limburgish: zwinge
Further reading
- “swinghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “swingen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
Middle English
Verb
swingen
- Alternative form of swyngen