schrinken
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch *schrinken, from Old Dutch *scrinkan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. It is now rare; modern use may have been reinforced by English shrink.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schrinken
- (uncommon, dated) to shrink
- 1828, “Het Eerste Bedrijf. Julius. Burgerhart.”, in Dichterlijke werken van J. van den Vondel, page 37:
- Om, veilìgh in zijn ampt, te schroomen noch te schrinken.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1909, Albert Verwey, “Van het levensfeest door”, in De Beweging, volume 4:
- Droevige sintels schronken.
- Sad sparks shrank.
- 2003, [1]:
- Het optimisme begon aardig te schrinken.
- Their optimism began to shrink considerably.
- 2009, [2]:
- Ik moet wat voorzichtig omspringen met mijn schijfruimte, dus hierbij een geschronken versie van het origineel.
- I need to be a bit cautious with my hard drive space, so here [is] a shrunken version of the original.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of schrinken (strong class 3a) | ||||
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infinitive | schrinken | |||
past singular | schronk | |||
past participle | geschronken | |||
infinitive | schrinken | |||
gerund | schrinken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | schrink | schronk | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | schrinkt, schrink2 | schronk | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | schrinkt | schronk | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | schrinkt | schronkt | ||
3rd person singular | schrinkt | schronk | ||
plural | schrinken | schronken | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | schrinke | schronke | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | schrinken | schronken | ||
imperative sing. | schrink | |||
imperative plur.1 | schrinkt | |||
participles | schrinkend | geschronken | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (to shrink): krimpen
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