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zwemmen.

to swim

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈzʋɛ.mə(n)/
  1. to swim

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

* From Middle Dutch swemmen, from Old Dutch *swimman, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną. * The verb merged with the causative verb, from Proto-Germanic *swammijaną, whence the vowel 'e' instead of the expected 'i' in the present tense. The strong conjugation was maintained however.

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