knabbelen
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare German knabbern (“to nibble”). Both could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *gnet- (“to press”),[1] or imitative.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
knabbelen
- (intransitive) to nibble
- De eekhoorn knabbelde op een nootje.
- The squirrel was nibbling on a nut.
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of knabbelen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | knabbelen | |||
past singular | knabbelde | |||
past participle | geknabbeld | |||
infinitive | knabbelen | |||
gerund | knabbelen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | knabbel | knabbelde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | knabbelt | knabbelde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | knabbelt | knabbelde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | knabbelt | knabbelde | ||
3rd person singular | knabbelt | knabbelde | ||
plural | knabbelen | knabbelden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | knabbele | knabbelde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | knabbelen | knabbelden | ||
imperative sing. | knabbel | |||
imperative plur.1 | knabbelt | |||
participles | knabbelend | geknabbeld | ||
1) Archaic. |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1022, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1022
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute