spenen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspeː.nə(n)/
- Hyphenation: spe‧nen
- Rhymes: -eːnən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch spenen, spanen, from Old Dutch *spennen, *spanōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spanōn, *spannjan, from Proto-Germanic *spanōną, *spanjaną (“to wean”), from Proto-Germanic *spanō, *spenô (“teat, nipple”); equivalent to speen + -en. Cognate with Middle Low German spenen, spānen, spōnen (“to wean”), Middle High German spenen (“to wean”), Middle English spanen (whence English spane, spean (“to wean”)).
Inflection
| Inflection of spenen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | spenen | |||
| past singular | speende | |||
| past participle | gespeend | |||
| infinitive | spenen | |||
| gerund | spenen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | speen | speende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | speent | speende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | speent | speende | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | speent | speende | ||
| 3rd person singular | speent | speende | ||
| plural | spenen | speenden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | spene | speende | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | spenen | speenden | ||
| imperative sing. | speen | |||
| imperative plur.1 | speent | |||
| participles | spenend | gespeend | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Descendants
- Afrikaans: speen
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Middle English
Swedish
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