wrikken
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Perhaps related to Low German wriggen (“to twist”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wrikken
Inflection[edit]
| Conjugation of wrikken (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | wrikken | |||
| past singular | wrikte | |||
| past participle | gewrikt | |||
| infinitive | wrikken | |||
| gerund | wrikken n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | wrik | wrikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | wrikt | wrikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | wrikt | wrikte | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | wrikt | wrikte | ||
| 3rd person singular | wrikt | wrikte | ||
| plural | wrikken | wrikten | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | wrikke | wrikte | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | wrikken | wrikten | ||
| imperative sing. | wrik | |||
| imperative plur.1 | wrikt | |||
| participles | wrikkend | gewrikt | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute