zwanzer
Dutch
Etymology
From zwanzen + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzʋɑn.zər/
- Hyphenation: zwan‧zer
Noun
zwanzer m (plural zwanzers, diminutive zwanzertje n)
- (Belgium, informal) one who jokes; a joker
Related terms
- zwanzen
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zwɑ̃.ze/
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Verb
zwanzer
- (Belgium) to joke
Conjugation
Conjugation of zwanzer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | zwanzer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | zwanzant /zwɑ̃.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | zwanzé /zwɑ̃.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | zwanze /zwɑ̃z/ | zwanzes /zwɑ̃z/ | zwanze /zwɑ̃z/ | zwanzons /zwɑ̃.zɔ̃/ | zwanzez /zwɑ̃.ze/ | zwanzent /zwɑ̃z/ |
| imperfect | zwanzais /zwɑ̃.zɛ/ | zwanzais /zwɑ̃.zɛ/ | zwanzait /zwɑ̃.zɛ/ | zwanzions /zwɑ̃.zjɔ̃/ | zwanziez /zwɑ̃.zje/ | zwanzaient /zwɑ̃.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | zwanzai /zwɑ̃.ze/ | zwanzas /zwɑ̃.za/ | zwanza /zwɑ̃.za/ | zwanzâmes /zwɑ̃.zam/ | zwanzâtes /zwɑ̃.zat/ | zwanzèrent /zwɑ̃.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | zwanzerai /zwɑ̃z.ʁe/ | zwanzeras /zwɑ̃z.ʁa/ | zwanzera /zwɑ̃z.ʁa/ | zwanzerons /zwɑ̃z.ʁɔ̃/ | zwanzerez /zwɑ̃z.ʁe/ | zwanzeront /zwɑ̃z.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | zwanzerais /zwɑ̃z.ʁɛ/ | zwanzerais /zwɑ̃z.ʁɛ/ | zwanzerait /zwɑ̃z.ʁɛ/ | zwanzerions /zwɑ̃.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | zwanzeriez /zwɑ̃.zə.ʁje/ | zwanzeraient /zwɑ̃z.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | zwanze /zwɑ̃z/ | zwanzes /zwɑ̃z/ | zwanze /zwɑ̃z/ | zwanzions /zwɑ̃.zjɔ̃/ | zwanziez /zwɑ̃.zje/ | zwanzent /zwɑ̃z/ |
| imperfect2 | zwanzasse /zwɑ̃.zas/ | zwanzasses /zwɑ̃.zas/ | zwanzât /zwɑ̃.za/ | zwanzassions /zwɑ̃.za.sjɔ̃/ | zwanzassiez /zwɑ̃.za.sje/ | zwanzassent /zwɑ̃.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | zwanze /zwɑ̃z/ | — | zwanzons /zwɑ̃.zɔ̃/ | zwanzez /zwɑ̃.ze/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- zwanzeur
Further reading
- “zwanzer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.