kwezelen

Dutch

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic.[1] Compare Middle Dutch queteren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʋeː.zə.lə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: kwe‧ze‧len

Verb

kwezelen

  1. (intransitive) to act, in particular to talk, in a way considered overly devout
  2. (intransitive) to talk nonsense, to say meaningless things

Inflection

Conjugation of kwezelen (weak)
infinitive kwezelen
past singular kwezelde
past participle gekwezeld
infinitive kwezelen
gerund kwezelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kwezelkwezelde
2nd person sing. (jij) kwezeltkwezelde
2nd person sing. (u) kwezeltkwezelde
2nd person sing. (gij) kwezeltkwezelde
3rd person singular kwezeltkwezelde
plural kwezelenkwezelden
subjunctive sing.1 kwezelekwezelde
subjunctive plur.1 kwezelenkwezelden
imperative sing. kwezel
imperative plur.1 kwezelt
participles kwezelendgekwezeld
1) Archaic.

References

  1. Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
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