swingen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English swing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsʋɪ.ŋə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: swin‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋən

Verb

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swingen

  1. (intransitive) to swing

Conjugation

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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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English swing. Doublet of schwingen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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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)
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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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

Verb

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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

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Strong class 3
Infinitive swingen
3rd sg. past swanc
3rd pl. past swongen
Past participle geswongen
Infinitive swingen
In genitive swingens
In dative swingene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular swinge swanc
2nd singular swincs, swinges swoncs, swonges
3rd singular swinct, swinget swanc
1st plural swingen swongen
2nd plural swinct, swinget swonct, swonget
3rd plural swingen swongen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular swinge swonge
2nd singular swincs, swinges swonges
3rd singular swinge swonge
1st plural swingen swongen
2nd plural swinct, swinget swonget
3rd plural swingen swongen
Imperative Present
Singular swinc, swinge
Plural swinct, swinget
Present Past
Participle swingende geswongen

Descendants

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  • Limburgish: zwinge

Further reading

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Middle English

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Verb

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swingen

  1. Alternative form of swyngen

Middle High German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to swing

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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