kwetteren

Dutch

Etymology

From earlier queteren, from Middle Dutch *queteren (attested in Middle Dutch queteringhe (“chattering, chit-chat”)). Cognate with West Frisian kwitterje, kwetterje (“to chatter”), Saterland Frisian kwetelje, kwättelje (“to jabber”), German Low German queteln (“to chatter, jabber”), German quasseln (“to chatter, babble”). Perhaps ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʋɛ.tə.rə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtərən

Verb

kwetteren

  1. (intransitive) to twitter, chatter, chirp, gaggle

Conjugation

Conjugation of kwetteren (weak)
infinitive kwetteren
past singular kwetterde
past participle gekwetterd
infinitive kwetteren
gerund kwetteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kwetter kwetterde
2nd person sing. (jij) kwettert, kwetter2 kwetterde
2nd person sing. (u) kwettert kwetterde
2nd person sing. (gij) kwettert kwetterde
3rd person singular kwettert kwetterde
plural kwetteren kwetterden
subjunctive sing.1 kwettere kwetterde
subjunctive plur.1 kwetteren kwetterden
imperative sing. kwetter
imperative plur.1 kwettert
participles kwetterend gekwetterd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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