wemelen

Dutch

Etymology

Attested since the 16th century. Cognate with Westphalian Low German wiëmeln, Middle High German wimelen (hapax, 13th c.), whence German wimmeln. All forms require a Proto-West Germanic *wimilōn, but the late attestations make it difficult to reconstruct such a form. Ultimately related with Old High German wimmen, Old Saxon wemmian (“to gush, sputter, bubble”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

wemelen

  1. (used with van) to teem with, to be abound with, to be filled with

Conjugation

Conjugation of wemelen (weak)
infinitive wemelen
past singular wemelde
past participle gewemeld
infinitive wemelen
gerund wemelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wemel wemelde
2nd person sing. (jij) wemelt, wemel2 wemelde
2nd person sing. (u) wemelt wemelde
2nd person sing. (gij) wemelt wemelde
3rd person singular wemelt wemelde
plural wemelen wemelden
subjunctive sing.1 wemele wemelde
subjunctive plur.1 wemelen wemelden
imperative sing. wemel
imperative plur.1 wemelt
participles wemelend gewemeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Synonyms

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