dwalen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʋaːlə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: dwa‧len
• Rhymes: -aːlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dwalen, from Old Dutch *dwalon, from Proto-West Germanic *dwalōn, from Proto-Germanic *dwalōną. Cognate with English dwale.

Verb

dwalen

1. (intransitive) to stray, wander
2. (intransitive) to err

Conjugation

Conjugation of dwalen (weak)
infinitive	dwalen
past singular	dwaalde
past participle	gedwaald
infinitive	dwalen
gerund	dwalen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	dwaal	dwaalde
2nd person sing. (jij)	dwaalt, dwaal2	dwaalde
2nd person sing. (u)	dwaalt	dwaalde
2nd person sing. (gij)	dwaalt	dwaalde
3rd person singular	dwaalt	dwaalde
plural	dwalen	dwaalden
subjunctive sing.1	dwale	dwaalde
subjunctive plur.1	dwalen	dwaalden
imperative sing.	dwaal
imperative plur.1	dwaalt
participles	dwalend	gedwaald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• afdwalen
• dwaalgast
• dwaalgeest
• dwaalleer
• dwaalleraar
• dwaallicht
• dwaalspoor
• dwaalster
• dwaling
• omdwalen
• ronddwalen
• verdwalen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dwaal
• Negerhollands: dwael
• → Papiamentu: dualu, dualdu

Etymology 2

Noun

dwalen

1. plural of dwaal

Anagrams

• wandel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• duale, dwalien

Etymology

From Old English dwalian, from Proto-West Germanic *dwalōn, from Proto-Germanic *dwalōną; equivalent to dwale +‎ -en (“infinitival suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdwaːlən/

Verb

dwalen (rare)

1. to poison
2. to err

Conjugation

Conjugation of dwalen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) dwalen, dwale
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	dwale	dwaled
2nd-person singular	dwalest	dwaledest
3rd-person singular	dwaleth	dwaled
subjunctive singular	dwale
imperative singular		—
plural1	dwalen, dwale	dwaleden, dwalede
imperative plural	dwaleth, dwale	—
participles	dwalynge, dwalende	dwaled, ydwaled

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• >? English: dwale, dwall
• >? Scots: dwall

References

• “dwālen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.