zwenken
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch swenken, swengen from Old Dutch *swengen, from Proto-Germanic *swangwijaną (“cause to swing”) a causative to Proto-Germanic *swinganą (“to swing”), whence dialectal Dutch zwingen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzʋɛŋ.kə(n)/
- Hyphenation: zwen‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɛŋkən
Verb
zwenken
- (transitive, intransitive) to sway, swing
- (transitive, intransitive) to wave, waver
Inflection
| Inflection of zwenken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | zwenken | |||
| past singular | zwenkte | |||
| past participle | gezwenkt | |||
| infinitive | zwenken | |||
| gerund | zwenken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | zwenk | zwenkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | zwenkt | zwenkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | zwenkt | zwenkte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | zwenkt | zwenkte | ||
| 3rd person singular | zwenkt | zwenkte | ||
| plural | zwenken | zwenkten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | zwenke | zwenkte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | zwenken | zwenkten | ||
| imperative sing. | zwenk | |||
| imperative plur.1 | zwenkt | |||
| participles | zwenkend | gezwenkt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
- afzwenken
- omzwenken
- uitzwenken