swingen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English swing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʋɪ.ŋə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: swin‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɪŋən

Verb

swingen

1. (intransitive) to swing

Conjugation

Conjugation of swingen (weak)
infinitive	swingen
past singular	swingde
past participle	geswingd
infinitive	swingen
gerund	swingen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	swing	swingde
2nd person sing. (jij)	swingt, swing2	swingde
2nd person sing. (u)	swingt	swingde
2nd person sing. (gij)	swingt	swingde
3rd person singular	swingt	swingde
plural	swingen	swingden
subjunctive sing.1	swinge	swingde
subjunctive plur.1	swingen	swingden
imperative sing.	swing
imperative plur.1	swingt
participles	swingend	geswingd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English swing. Doublet of schwingen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɪ.ŋən/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋən

Verb

swingen (weak, third-person singular present swingt, past tense swingte, past participle geswingt, auxiliary haben)

1. (music) to swing
2. to swing (to engage in swinging, wife-swapping)

Related terms

• Swing

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan (“to swing”).

Verb

swingen

1. (intransitive) to swing, to sway
2. (intransitive) to fall, to topple
3. (transitive) to swing, to sway
4. (transitive) to fling outwards

Inflection

Conjugation of swingen (strong class 3)

infinitive	base form	swingen
	genitive	swingens
	dative	swingene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		swinge	swanc		swinge	swonge
2nd person singular		swincs, swinges	swoncs, swonges		swincs, swinges	swonges
3rd person singular		swinct, swinget	swanc		swinge	swonge
1st person plural		swingen	swongen		swingen	swongen
2nd person plural		swinct, swinget	swonct, swonget		swinct, swinget	swonget
3rd person plural		swingen	swongen		swingen	swongen
		imperative
singular		swinc, swinge
plural		swinct, swinget
		present	past
participle		swingende	geswongen

Descendants

• Limburgish: zwinge

Further reading

• “swinghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “swingen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Verb

swingen

1. Alternative form of swyngen

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈs̠wiŋɡən/

Verb

swingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present swinget, past tense swanc, past participle geswungen, past subjunctive swünge, auxiliary hān)

1. to swing

Conjugation

Conjugation of swingen (class 3 strong, auxiliary hān)

infinitive		swingen
genitive gerund		swingennes swingenes
dative gerund		swingenne swingene
present participle		swingende
past participle		geswungen
auxiliary		hān
	indicative			subjunctive
	singular	plural		singular	plural
present	ich swinge	wir swingen	i	ich swinge	wir swingen
	du swingest	ir swinget		du swingest	ir swinget
	ër swinget	sie swingent		ër swinge	sie swingen
preterite	ich swanc	wir swungen	ii	ich swünge	wir swüngen
	du swünge	ir swunget		du swüngest	ir swünget
	ër swanc	sie swungen		ër swünge	sie swüngen
imperative	swinc (du)	swinget (ir)

Composed forms of swingen (class 3 strong, auxiliary hān)

perfect
	singular	plural		singular	plural
indicative	ich hān geswungen	wir hān geswungen	subjunctive	ich habe geswungen	wir haben geswungen
	du hāst geswungen	ir hāt geswungen		du habest geswungen	ir habet geswungen
	ër hāt geswungen	sie hānt geswungen		ër habe geswungen	sie haben geswungen
pluperfect
indicative	ich habete geswungen	wir habeten geswungen	subjunctive	ich habete geswungen	wir habeten geswungen
	du habetest geswungen	ir habetet geswungen		du habetest geswungen	ir habetet geswungen
	ër habete geswungen	sie habeten geswungen		ër habete geswungen	sie habeten geswungen
future i
infinitive	swingen süln		subjunctive i	ich sul swingen	wir suln swingen
				du sule swingen	ir sulet swingen
				ër sul swingen	sie suln swingen
indicative	ich sol swingen	wir sulen swingen	subjunctive ii	ich sölte swingen ich sölde swingen	wir sölten swingen wir sölden swingen
	du solt swingen	ir sulet swingen		du söltest swingen du söldest swingen	ir söltet swingen ir söldet swingen
	ër sol swingen	sie sulen swingen		ër sölte swingen ër sölde swingen	sie sölten swingen sie sölden swingen
future ii
infinitive	geswungen hān süln		subjunctive i	ich sul geswungen hān	wir suln geswungen hān
				du sule geswungen hān	ir sulet geswungen hān
				ër sul geswungen hān	sie suln geswungen hān
indicative	ich sol geswungen hān	wir sulen geswungen hān	subjunctive ii	ich sölte geswungen hān ich sölde geswungen hān	wir sölten geswungen hān wir sölden geswungen hān
	du solt geswungen hān	ir sulet geswungen hān		du söltest geswungen hān du söldest geswungen hān	ir söltet geswungen hān ir söldet geswungen hān
	ër sol geswungen hān	sie sulen geswungen hān		ër sölte geswungen hān ër sölde geswungen hān	sie sölten geswungen hān sie sölden geswungen hān

Descendants

• German: schwingen

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “swingen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel