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swingen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English swing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsʋɪ.ŋə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: swin‧gen
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋən

Verb

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swingen

  1. (intransitive) to swing

Conjugation

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Conjugation of swingen (weak)
infinitive swingen
past singular swingde
past participle geswingd
infinitive swingen
gerund swingen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular swing swingde
2nd person sing. (jij) swingt, swing2 swingde
2nd person sing. (u) swingt swingde
2nd person sing. (gij) swingt swingde
3rd person singular swingt swingde
plural swingen swingden
subjunctive sing.1 swinge swingde
subjunctive plur.1 swingen swingden
imperative sing. swing
imperative plur.1 swingt
participles swingend geswingd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English swing. Doublet of schwingen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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swingen (weak, third-person singular present swingt, past tense swingte, past participle geswingt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (music) to swing
    • 2018 November 20, Jenni Zylka, “Nackte Frauen, singende Bäumchen und Limbo”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
      Holly hat ihren Ex, den ehemaligen Thee Headcoats-Schlagzeuger Bruce Brand dabei, dazu Kontrabass und Gitarre, sie singt und klingt und swingt, dass es eine Freude ist.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (sex) to swing (to engage in swinging, wifeswapping, etc.)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • swingen” in Duden online
  • swingen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan (to swing).

Verb

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swingen

  1. (intransitive) to swing, to sway
  2. (intransitive) to fall, to topple
  3. (transitive) to swing, to sway
  4. (transitive) to fling outwards

Inflection

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Conjugation of swingen (strong class 3)
infinitive base form swingen
genitive swingens
dative swingene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular swinge swanc swinge swonge
2nd person singular swincs, swinges swoncs, swonges swincs, swinges swonges
3rd person singular swinct, swinget swanc swinge swonge
1st person plural swingen swongen swingen swongen
2nd person plural swinct, swinget swonct, swonget swinct, swinget swonget
3rd person plural swingen swongen swingen swongen
imperative
singular swinc, swinge
plural swinct, swinget
present past
participle swingende geswongen

Descendants

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  • Dutch: zwingen
  • Limburgish: zwinge

Further reading

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Middle English

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Verb

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swingen

  1. alternative form of swyngen

Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠winɡən/

Verb

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swingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present swinget, past tense swanc, past participle geswungen, past subjunctive swünge, auxiliary hān)

  1. to swing

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “swingen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel