zwinkern
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German zwinken (“to blink; twinkle”) + -ern (iterative suffix), of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly ultimately imtiative.[1]
Cognate with Middle English twinken (“to blink; twinkle”). More at English twink.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zwinkern (weak, third-person singular present zwinkert, past tense zwinkerte, past participle gezwinkert, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | zwinkern | ||||
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present participle | zwinkernd | ||||
past participle | gezwinkert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zwinkre ich zwinkere ich zwinker |
wir zwinkern | i | ich zwinkere ich zwinkre |
wir zwinkern |
du zwinkerst | ihr zwinkert | du zwinkerest du zwinkrest |
ihr zwinkeret ihr zwinkret | ||
er zwinkert | sie zwinkern | er zwinkere er zwinkre |
sie zwinkern | ||
preterite | ich zwinkerte | wir zwinkerten | ii | ich zwinkerte1 | wir zwinkerten1 |
du zwinkertest | ihr zwinkertet | du zwinkertest1 | ihr zwinkertet1 | ||
er zwinkerte | sie zwinkerten | er zwinkerte1 | sie zwinkerten1 | ||
imperative | zwinkre (du) zwinker (du) zwinkere (du) |
zwinkert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “twinkle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.