houwen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɑu̯ə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: houwen
- Rhymes: -ɑu̯ən
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch houwen, from Old Dutch houwan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”).
Verb
houwen
- (intransitive) to hew
Conjugation
| Conjugation of houwen (strong class 7) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | houwen | |||
| past singular | hieuw | |||
| past participle | gehouwen | |||
| infinitive | houwen | |||
| gerund | houwen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | houw | hieuw | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | houwt, houw2 | hieuw | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | houwt | hieuw | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | houwt | hieuwt | ||
| 3rd person singular | houwt | hieuw | ||
| plural | houwen | hieuwen | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | houwe | hieuwe | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | houwen | hieuwen | ||
| imperative sing. | houw | |||
| imperative plur.1 | houwt | |||
| participles | houwend | gehouwen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
| Conjugation of houwen (weak with strong past participle) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | houwen | |||
| past singular | houwde | |||
| past participle | gehouwen | |||
| infinitive | houwen | |||
| gerund | houwen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | houw | houwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | houwt, houw2 | houwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | houwt | houwde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | houwt | houwde | ||
| 3rd person singular | houwt | houwde | ||
| plural | houwen | houwden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | houwe | houwde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | houwen | houwden | ||
| imperative sing. | houw | |||
| imperative plur.1 | houwt | |||
| participles | houwend | gehouwen | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- afhouwen
- beeldhouwen
- behouwen
- houwdegen
- houwer
- inhouwen
- omhouwen
- uithouwen
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: houw (dated)
Etymology 2
From houden, with weakening of intervocalic -d- as is common in Dutch, particularly in informal usage; compare rode/rooie, leder/leer, raden/raaien and so forth.
Verb
houwen
- (informal) pronunciation spelling of houden
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch houwan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”).
Verb
houwen
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | houwen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | houwens | ||||||
| dative | houwene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | houwe | hieu | houwe | hiewe | |||
| 2nd person singular | hous, houwes | hieus, hiewes | hous, houwes | hiewes | |||
| 3rd person singular | hout, houwet | hieu | houwe | hiewe | |||
| 1st person plural | houwen | hiewen | houwen | hiewen | |||
| 2nd person plural | hout, houwet | hieut, hiewet | hout, houwet | hiewet | |||
| 3rd person plural | houwen | hiewen | houwen | hiewen | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | hou, houwe | ||||||
| plural | hout, houwet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | houwende | gehouwen | |||||
Descendants
Further reading
- “houwen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “houwen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN