swingen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English swing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʋɪ.ŋə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: swin‧gen
• Rhymes: -ɪŋən

Verb

swingen

1. (intransitive) to swing

Inflection

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English swing. Doublet of schwingen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈswɪ.ŋən/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋən

Verb

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

1. (music) to swing
2. to swing (to engage in swinging, wife-swapping)

Related terms

• Swing

 

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

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

Strong class 3
Infinitive	swingen
3rd sg. past	swanc
3rd pl. past	swongen
Past participle	geswongen
Infinitive	swingen
In genitive	swingens
In dative	swingene
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	swinge	swanc
2nd singular	swincs, swinges	swoncs, swonges
3rd singular	swinct, swinget	swanc
1st plural	swingen	swongen
2nd plural	swinct, swinget	swonct, swonget
3rd plural	swingen	swongen
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	swinge	swonge
2nd singular	swincs, swinges	swonges
3rd singular	swinge	swonge
1st plural	swingen	swongen
2nd plural	swinct, swinget	swonget
3rd plural	swingen	swongen
Imperative	Present
Singular	swinc, swinge
Plural	swinct, swinget
	Present	Past
Participle	swingende	geswongen

Descendants

• Limburgish: zwinge

Further reading

• “swinghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “swingen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Middle English

Verb

swingen

1. Alternative form of swyngen