dwalen

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʋaːlə(n)/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: dwa‧len
Rhymes: -aːlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dwalen, from Old Dutch *dwalon, from Proto-West Germanic *dwalōn, from Proto-Germanic *dwalōną. Cognate with English dwale.

Verb

dwalen

(intransitive) to stray, wander
(intransitive) to err

Inflection

Conjugation of dwalen (weak)
infinitive	dwalen
past singular	dwaalde
past participle	gedwaald
infinitive	dwalen
gerund	dwalen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	dwaal	dwaalde
2nd person sing. (jij)	dwaalt	dwaalde
2nd person sing. (u)	dwaalt	dwaalde
2nd person sing. (gij)	dwaalt	dwaalde
3rd person singular	dwaalt	dwaalde
plural	dwalen	dwaalden

subjunctive sing.¹	dwale	dwaalde
subjunctive plur.¹	dwalen	dwaalden

imperative sing.	dwaal
imperative plur.¹	dwaalt

participles	dwalend	gedwaald
¹⁾ Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: dwaal
Negerhollands: dwael
→ Papiamentu: dualu, dualdu

Noun

dwalen

plural of dwaal

Anagrams

wandel

Middle English

Alternative forms

duale, dwalien

Etymology

From Old English dwalian, from Proto-West Germanic *dwalōn, from Proto-Germanic *dwalōną; equivalent to dwale +‎ -en (“infinitival suffix”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdwaːlən/

Verb

dwalen (rare)

to poison
to err

Conjugation

Conjugation of dwalen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) dwalen, dwale
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	dwale	dwaled
2nd-person singular	dwalest	dwaledest
3rd-person singular	dwaleth	dwaled
subjunctive singular	dwale	dwaled
imperative singular	dwale	—

plural¹	dwalen, dwale	dwaleden, dwalede
imperative plural	dwaleth, dwale	—

participles	dwalynge, dwalende	dwaled, ydwaled

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

>? English: dwale, dwall
>? Scots: dwall

References

“dwālen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.