zwicken
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German
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German zwicken (“to fasten with nails, squeeze in, pinch, tug”), Old High German *zwicchēn. Cognate with Middle English twicchen, English twitch, Low German twikken.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zwicken (weak, third-person singular present zwickt, past tense zwickte, past participle gezwickt, auxiliary haben)
- to pinch
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | zwicken | ||||
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present participle | zwickend | ||||
past participle | gezwickt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zwicke | wir zwicken | i | ich zwicke | wir zwicken |
du zwickst | ihr zwickt | du zwickest | ihr zwicket | ||
er zwickt | sie zwicken | er zwicke | sie zwicken | ||
preterite | ich zwickte | wir zwickten | ii | ich zwickte1 | wir zwickten1 |
du zwicktest | ihr zwicktet | du zwicktest1 | ihr zwicktet1 | ||
er zwickte | sie zwickten | er zwickte1 | sie zwickten1 | ||
imperative | zwick (du) zwicke (du) |
zwickt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Descendants
[edit]- Polish: ćwiczyć
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “zwicken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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