zwanzer

Dutch

Etymology

From zwanzen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzʋɑn.zər/
• Hyphenation: zwan‧zer

Noun

zwanzer m (plural zwanzers, diminutive zwanzertje n)

1. (Belgium, informal) one who jokes; a joker

Related terms

• zwanzen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch zwanzer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zwɑ̃.ze/

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Verb

zwanzer

1. (Belgium) to joke

Conjugation

Conjugation of zwanzer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	zwanzer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	zwanzant /zwɑ̃.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		zwanzé /zwɑ̃.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	zwanze /zwɑ̃z/	zwanzes /zwɑ̃z/	zwanze /zwɑ̃z/	zwanzons /zwɑ̃.zɔ̃/	zwanzez /zwɑ̃.ze/	zwanzent /zwɑ̃z/
	imperfect	zwanzais /zwɑ̃.zɛ/	zwanzais /zwɑ̃.zɛ/	zwanzait /zwɑ̃.zɛ/	zwanzions /zwɑ̃.zjɔ̃/	zwanziez /zwɑ̃.zje/	zwanzaient /zwɑ̃.zɛ/
	past historic2	zwanzai /zwɑ̃.ze/	zwanzas /zwɑ̃.za/	zwanza /zwɑ̃.za/	zwanzâmes /zwɑ̃.zam/	zwanzâtes /zwɑ̃.zat/	zwanzèrent /zwɑ̃.zɛʁ/
	future	zwanzerai /zwɑ̃z.ʁe/	zwanzeras /zwɑ̃z.ʁa/	zwanzera /zwɑ̃z.ʁa/	zwanzerons /zwɑ̃z.ʁɔ̃/	zwanzerez /zwɑ̃z.ʁe/	zwanzeront /zwɑ̃z.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	zwanzerais /zwɑ̃z.ʁɛ/	zwanzerais /zwɑ̃z.ʁɛ/	zwanzerait /zwɑ̃z.ʁɛ/	zwanzerions /zwɑ̃.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	zwanzeriez /zwɑ̃.zə.ʁje/	zwanzeraient /zwɑ̃z.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	zwanze /zwɑ̃z/	zwanzes /zwɑ̃z/	zwanze /zwɑ̃z/	zwanzions /zwɑ̃.zjɔ̃/	zwanziez /zwɑ̃.zje/	zwanzent /zwɑ̃z/
	imperfect2	zwanzasse /zwɑ̃.zas/	zwanzasses /zwɑ̃.zas/	zwanzât /zwɑ̃.za/	zwanzassions /zwɑ̃.za.sjɔ̃/	zwanzassiez /zwɑ̃.za.sje/	zwanzassent /zwɑ̃.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	zwanze /zwɑ̃z/	—	zwanzons /zwɑ̃.zɔ̃/	zwanzez /zwɑ̃.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• zwanzeur

Further reading

• “zwanzer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.