zwelgen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch swelgen, from Old Dutch *swelgan, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛlɣə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: zwel‧gen
Verb
zwelgen
- to eat greedily, to binge
- to swallow
Inflection
| Inflection of zwelgen (strong class 3) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zwelgen | |||
| past singular | zwolg | |||
| past participle | gezwolgen | |||
| infinitive | zwelgen | |||
| gerund | zwelgen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zwelg | zwolg | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zwelgt | zwolg | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zwelgt | zwolg | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zwelgt | zwolgt | ||
| 3rd person singular | zwelgt | zwolg | ||
| plural | zwelgen | zwolgen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zwelge | zwolge | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zwelgen | zwolgen | ||
| imperative sing. | zwelg | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zwelgt | |||
| participles | zwelgend | gezwolgen | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
| Inflection of zwelgen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zwelgen | |||
| past singular | zwelgde | |||
| past participle | gezwelgd | |||
| infinitive | zwelgen | |||
| gerund | zwelgen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zwelg | zwelgde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zwelgt | zwelgde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zwelgt | zwelgde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zwelgt | zwelgde | ||
| 3rd person singular | zwelgt | zwelgde | ||
| plural | zwelgen | zwelgden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zwelge | zwelgde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zwelgen | zwelgden | ||
| imperative sing. | zwelg | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zwelgt | |||
| participles | zwelgend | gezwelgd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- verzwelgen