swemmen
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.
Verb
swemmen
- (intransitive) to swim
- (intransitive) to float
- (intransitive, figuratively) to overflow, to have (a thing or feeling) in abundance
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | swemmen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | swemmens | ||||||
| dative | swemmene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | swemme | swam | swemme | swomme | |||
| 2nd person singular | swems, swemmes | swoms, swommes | swems, swemmes | swommes | |||
| 3rd person singular | swemt, swemmet | swam | swemme | swomme | |||
| 1st person plural | swemmen | swommen | swemmen | swommen | |||
| 2nd person plural | swemt, swemmet | swomt, swommet | swemt, swemmet | swommet | |||
| 3rd person plural | swemmen | swommen | swemmen | swommen | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | swem, swemme | ||||||
| plural | swemt, swemmet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | swemmende | geswommen | |||||
| infinitive | base form | swemmen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | swemmens | ||||||
| dative | swemmene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | swemme | — | swemme | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | swems, swemmes | — | swems, swemmes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | swemt, swemmet | — | swemme | — | |||
| 1st person plural | swemmen | — | swemmen | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | swemt, swemmet | — | swemt, swemmet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | swemmen | — | swemmen | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | swem, swemme | ||||||
| plural | swemt, swemmet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | swemmende | — | |||||
Alternative forms
Descendants
Further reading
- “swemmen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “swemmen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Verb
swemmen
- alternative form of swymmen