mompelen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mumplen, of imitative origin. The frequentative ending is similar to English mumble, formed from mum (sense 3) (“silent”).

Pronunciation
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Verb

mompelen

  1. to mumble
    Synonym: prevelen

Inflection
Inflection of mompelen (weak)
infinitive mompelen
past singular mompelde
past participle gemompeld
infinitive mompelen
gerund mompelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular mompelmompelde
2nd person sing. (jij) mompeltmompelde
2nd person sing. (u) mompeltmompelde
2nd person sing. (gij) mompeltmompelde
3rd person singular mompeltmompelde
plural mompelenmompelden
subjunctive sing.1 mompelemompelde
subjunctive plur.1 mompelenmompelden
imperative sing. mompel
imperative plur.1 mompelt
participles mompelendgemompeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms
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