dreunen

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdrøːnə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: dreu‧nen
  • Rhymes: -øːnən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch *dronen, from Old Dutch *drunen, from Frankish *drunnjan; the long vowel /øː/ precludes a derivation from a hypothetical Proto-Germanic *drunjaną.

Cognate to Middle Low German dronen, Old Norse drynja, and also related to Gothic 𐌳𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌿𐍃 (drunjus).

Verb

dreunen

  1. (intransitive) to boom, rumble
Inflection
Inflection of dreunen (weak)
infinitive dreunen
past singular dreunde
past participle gedreund
infinitive dreunen
gerund dreunen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dreundreunde
2nd person sing. (jij) dreuntdreunde
2nd person sing. (u) dreuntdreunde
2nd person sing. (gij) dreuntdreunde
3rd person singular dreuntdreunde
plural dreunendreunden
subjunctive sing.1 dreunedreunde
subjunctive plur.1 dreunendreunden
imperative sing. dreun
imperative plur.1 dreunt
participles dreunendgedreund
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dreunen

  1. plural of dreun
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