hengelen
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch hengelen, equivalent to hengel (“fishing rod”) + -en. The fishing sense is influenced by Dutch angel (“fishhook”), Middle Dutch angelen (“to pierce with a hook”). Compare also hengelroede (“fishing rod”) with dialectal or obsolete Dutch angelroede (“fishing rod”), German Angelrute (“fishing rod”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
hengelen
- (intransitive) to angle, to fish with a fishhook on a line on a rod
- (intransitive, figurative) to fish for information or some reaction
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of hengelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hengelen | |||
| past singular | hengelde | |||
| past participle | gehengeld | |||
| infinitive | hengelen | |||
| gerund | hengelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | hengel | hengelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | hengelt | hengelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | hengelt | hengelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | hengelt | hengelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | hengelt | hengelde | ||
| plural | hengelen | hengelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | hengele | hengelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | hengelen | hengelden | ||
| imperative sing. | hengel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | hengelt | |||
| participles | hengelend | gehengeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||