wichelen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch wichelen, wigelen, wijchelen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wigulōną, *wihulōną (to conjure, divine). Related to Old English wiglian. Originally a frequentative verb (suffixed with -elen) related to wikken, which is derived from Proto-Germanic *wikkōną. More at witch.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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wichelen

  1. to dowse, to divine

Conjugation

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Conjugation of wichelen (weak)
infinitive wichelen
past singular wichelde
past participle gewicheld
infinitive wichelen
gerund wichelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wichel wichelde
2nd person sing. (jij) wichelt, wichel2 wichelde
2nd person sing. (u) wichelt wichelde
2nd person sing. (gij) wichelt wichelde
3rd person singular wichelt wichelde
plural wichelen wichelden
subjunctive sing.1 wichele wichelde
subjunctive plur.1 wichelen wichelden
imperative sing. wichel
imperative plur.1 wichelt
participles wichelend gewicheld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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