שווענקען
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Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German swenken, Old High German swenken, from Proto-West Germanic *swankijan, from Proto-Germanic *swankijaną (“cause to swing”). Compare German schwenken.
Verb
[edit]שווענקען • (shvenken) (past participle געשווענקט (geshvenkt))
- (imperfective, with אויס (oys)) to rinse
- to gargle
Usage notes
[edit]- געשוואָנקען (geshvonken) may also be used as the past participle.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of שווענקען
infinitive | שווענקען shvenken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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present participle | שווענקענדיק shvenkendik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
past participle | געשווענקט geshvenkt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
auxiliary | האָבן hobn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
present | איך שווענק ikh shvenk |
מיר שווענקען mir shvenken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
דו שווענקסט du shvenkst |
איר שווענקט ir shvenkt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ער שווענקט er shvenkt |
זיי שווענקען zey shvenken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
imperative | שווענק (דו) shvenk (du) |
שווענקט (איר) shvenkt (ir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Composed forms
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Derived terms
[edit]- באַשווענקען (bashvenken)
- פֿאַרשווענקען (farshvenken, “to flood, to displace”)
- האָרשווענקעכץ (horshvenkekhts)
- נאָכצוואָג־שווענקעכץ (nokhtsvog-shvenkekhts)
- צעשווענקען (tseshvenken, “to blur (boundaries)”)
Categories:
- Yiddish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Middle High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Old High German
- Yiddish terms derived from Old High German
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Yiddish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Yiddish lemmas
- Yiddish verbs
- Yiddish imperfective verbs