hengelen
Dutch
Etymology
From hengel (“fishing rod”) + -en.
Pronunciation
Verb
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
| Conjugation of hengelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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. | ||||