zwepen

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋeː.pə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zwe‧pen
  • Rhymes: -eːpən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch swepen, from Old Dutch *swipon, *swipen, from Proto-Germanic *swipjaną (“to move”) and Proto-Germanic *swipǭ (“whip, lash”). Cognate with West Frisian swypkje (“to whip”), Middle English swippen (“to strike, move swiftly, glide”).

Verb

zwepen

  1. (transitive) to whip, flog, lash
  2. (figuratively, transitive) to drive forcefully
Inflection
Inflection of zwepen (weak)
infinitive zwepen
past singular zweepte
past participle gezweept
infinitive zwepen
gerund zwepen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zweepzweepte
2nd person sing. (jij) zweeptzweepte
2nd person sing. (u) zweeptzweepte
2nd person sing. (gij) zweeptzweepte
3rd person singular zweeptzweepte
plural zwepenzweepten
subjunctive sing.1 zwepezweepte
subjunctive plur.1 zwepenzweepten
imperative sing. zweep
imperative plur.1 zweept
participles zwependgezweept
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • aanzwepen
  • afzwepen
  • omzwepen
  • opzwepen
  • overzwepen
  • rondzwepen
  • uitzwepen
  • vastzwepen
  • voortzwepen
  • wegzwepen
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: swip

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

zwepen

  1. plural of zweep
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