lenzen
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lenzen
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German lenzen, from lenze (“spring”).
Verb
[edit]lenzen (weak, third-person singular present lenzt, past tense lenzte, past participle gelenzt, auxiliary haben)
- (poetic, archaic, impersonal) to become spring
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | lenzen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | lenzend | ||||
past participle | gelenzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | — | — | i | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
es lenzt | — | es lenze | — | ||
preterite | — | — | ii | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
es lenzte | — | es lenzte1 | — | ||
imperative | — | — |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
perfect | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
es hat gelenzt | — | es habe gelenzt | — | ||
pluperfect | |||||
indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
es hatte gelenzt | — | es hätte gelenzt | — | ||
future i | |||||
infinitive | lenzen werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
— | — | ||||
es werde lenzen | — | ||||
indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
es wird lenzen | — | es würde lenzen | — | ||
future ii | |||||
infinitive | gelenzt haben werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
— | — | ||||
es werde gelenzt haben | — | ||||
indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
— | — | — | — | ||
es wird gelenzt haben | — | es würde gelenzt haben | — |
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Backformation from faulenzen (“to be idle”), originally unrelated to Lenz above, but associated with it. Compare the expression fauler Lenz or lauer Lenz (“period of idleness”).
Verb
[edit]lenzen (weak, third-person singular present lenzt, past tense lenzte, past participle gelenzt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial) to be idle; to hang out
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | lenzen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | lenzend | ||||
past participle | gelenzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich lenze | wir lenzen | i | ich lenze | wir lenzen |
du lenzt | ihr lenzt | du lenzest | ihr lenzet | ||
er lenzt | sie lenzen | er lenze | sie lenzen | ||
preterite | ich lenzte | wir lenzten | ii | ich lenzte1 | wir lenzten1 |
du lenztest | ihr lenztet | du lenztest1 | ihr lenztet1 | ||
er lenzte | sie lenzten | er lenzte1 | sie lenzten1 | ||
imperative | lenz (du) lenze (du) |
lenzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]19th century, derived from Dutch lens (“slack, empty”, also “dry”, of a ship).
Verb
[edit]lenzen (weak, third-person singular present lenzt, past tense lenzte, past participle gelenzt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | lenzen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | lenzend | ||||
past participle | gelenzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich lenze | wir lenzen | i | ich lenze | wir lenzen |
du lenzt | ihr lenzt | du lenzest | ihr lenzet | ||
er lenzt | sie lenzen | er lenze | sie lenzen | ||
preterite | ich lenzte | wir lenzten | ii | ich lenzte1 | wir lenzten1 |
du lenztest | ihr lenztet | du lenztest1 | ihr lenztet1 | ||
er lenzte | sie lenzten | er lenzte1 | sie lenzten1 | ||
imperative | lenz (du) lenze (du) |
lenzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 4
[edit]From Middle Low German lensen. Cognate with Dutch lenzen. Perhaps from the same adjective as under etymology 3, though this is not certain.
Verb
[edit]lenzen (weak, third-person singular present lenzt, past tense lenzte, past participle gelenzt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | lenzen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | lenzend | ||||
past participle | gelenzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich lenze | wir lenzen | i | ich lenze | wir lenzen |
du lenzt | ihr lenzt | du lenzest | ihr lenzet | ||
er lenzt | sie lenzen | er lenze | sie lenzen | ||
preterite | ich lenzte | wir lenzten | ii | ich lenzte1 | wir lenzten1 |
du lenztest | ihr lenztet | du lenztest1 | ihr lenztet1 | ||
er lenzte | sie lenzten | er lenzte1 | sie lenzten1 | ||
imperative | lenz (du) lenze (du) |
lenzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]- “lenzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “lenzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “lenzen (grünen)” in Duden online
- “lenzen (segeln, pumpen)” in Duden online
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnzən
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛnzən/2 syllables
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch noun forms
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German poetic terms
- German terms with archaic senses
- German impersonal verbs
- German colloquialisms
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- German terms derived from Middle Low German