sidderen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tzitteren (15th c.), from Early Modern German zittern, from Proto-Germanic *titrōną, whence also English teeter and (perhaps) dither.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪdərən

Verb

sidderen

  1. to shiver, tremble, quake
    Daar zat Sofie in het donker, sidderend van angst. - There sat Sofie in the darkness, trembling with fear.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sidderen (weak)
infinitive sidderen
past singular sidderde
past participle gesidderd
infinitive sidderen
gerund sidderen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sidder sidderde
2nd person sing. (jij) siddert, sidder2 sidderde
2nd person sing. (u) siddert sidderde
2nd person sing. (gij) siddert sidderde
3rd person singular siddert sidderde
plural sidderen sidderden
subjunctive sing.1 siddere sidderde
subjunctive plur.1 sidderen sidderden
imperative sing. sidder
imperative plur.1 siddert
participles sidderend gesidderd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: sidder
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