hengelen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch hengelen, equivalent to hengel (“fishing rod”) + -en. The fishing sense is influenced by Dutch angel (“fishhook”), Middle Dutch angelen (“to pierce with a hook”). Compare also hengelroede (“fishing rod”) with dialectal or obsolete Dutch angelroede (“fishing rod”), German Angelrute (“fishing rod”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hengelen
- (intransitive) to angle, to fish with a fishhook on a line on a rod
- (intransitive, figurative) to fish for information or some reaction
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of hengelen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | hengelen | |||
past singular | hengelde | |||
past participle | gehengeld | |||
infinitive | hengelen | |||
gerund | hengelen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | hengel | hengelde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | hengelt, hengel2 | hengelde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | hengelt | hengelde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | hengelt | hengelde | ||
3rd person singular | hengelt | hengelde | ||
plural | hengelen | hengelden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | hengele | hengelde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | hengelen | hengelden | ||
imperative sing. | hengel | |||
imperative plur.1 | hengelt | |||
participles | hengelend | gehengeld | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |