miauwen

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • miaauwen (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mauwen, an onomatopeia, cognate with High German mauen, miauen; parallel sound imitations include English meow, French miauler.

Pronunciation
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Verb

miauwen

  1. (intransitive) To meow, make a feline's gentle, yet shrill type of cry

Inflection
Inflection of miauwen (weak)
infinitive miauwen
past singular miauwde
past participle gemiauwd
infinitive miauwen
gerund miauwen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular miauwmiauwde
2nd person sing. (jij) miauwtmiauwde
2nd person sing. (u) miauwtmiauwde
2nd person sing. (gij) miauwtmiauwde
3rd person singular miauwtmiauwde
plural miauwenmiauwden
subjunctive sing.1 miauwemiauwde
subjunctive plur.1 miauwenmiauwden
imperative sing. miauw
imperative plur.1 miauwt
participles miauwendgemiauwd
1) Archaic.

Synonyms
  • mauwen

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: miou

Noun

miauwen

  1. plural of miauw

See also
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