zwikken

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzʋɪ.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: zwik‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪkən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch zwikken, from Old Dutch *swikkon, from Proto-Germanic *swikkōną an iterative to Proto-Germanic *swīkwaną (to move out of the way), whence Dutch zwijken.

Verb

zwikken

  1. (transitive) to sprain, to wrench
  2. (transitive) to give way, to snap
  3. (transitive) to last a shoe
Inflection
Inflection of zwikken (weak)
infinitive zwikken
past singular zwikte
past participle gezwikt
infinitive zwikken
gerund zwikken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular zwikzwikte
2nd person sing. (jij) zwiktzwikte
2nd person sing. (u) zwiktzwikte
2nd person sing. (gij) zwiktzwikte
3rd person singular zwiktzwikte
plural zwikkenzwikten
subjunctive sing.1 zwikkezwikte
subjunctive plur.1 zwikkenzwikten
imperative sing. zwik
imperative plur.1 zwikt
participles zwikkendgezwikt
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

zwikken

  1. plural of zwik
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