"zingen" meaning in Dutch

See zingen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈzɪ.ŋə(n)/ Audio: Nl-zingen.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪŋən Etymology: From Middle Dutch singen, from Old Dutch singan, from Proto-Germanic *singwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ-. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|singen}} Middle Dutch singen, {{inh|nl|odt|singan}} Old Dutch singan, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*singwaną}} Proto-Germanic *singwaną, {{der|nl|ine-pro|*sengʷʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *sengʷʰ- Head templates: {{nl-verb}} zingen Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-st|zing|zong|zongen|class=3a}} Forms: strong [table-tags], zingen [infinitive], zingen [gerund, neuter], zing [first-person, present, singular], zong [first-person, past, singular], zingt [present, second-person, singular], zing [present, second-person, singular], zong [past, second-person, singular], zingt [formal, present, second-person, singular], zong [formal, past, second-person, singular], zingt [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], zingt [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], zongt [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], zongt [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], zingt [present, singular, third-person], zong [past, singular, third-person], zingen [plural, present], zongen [past, plural], zinge [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], zonge [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], zingen [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], zongen [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], zing [imperative, present, singular], zingt [archaic, imperative, plural, present], zingend [participle, present], gezongen [participle, past]
  1. to sing
    Sense id: en-zingen-nl-verb-e1aXhU~s Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
  2. (slang) to sing, to blab to the police, to confess under interrogation Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-zingen-nl-verb-xm31516V Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: zang
Derived forms: aanzingen, afzingen, bezingen, doodzingen, doorzingen, heenzingen, herzingen, inzingen, loszingen, meezingen, nazingen, neerzingen, omzingen, ontzingen, opzingen, overzingen, rondzingen, samenzingen, tegenzingen, toezingen, uitzingen, verzingen, volzingen, voortzingen, voorzingen, wegzingen, zingzeggen

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "afzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bezingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "doodzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "doorzingen"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "heenzingen"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "loszingen"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meezingen"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nazingen"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "neerzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "omzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ontzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "opzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "overzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rondzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "samenzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tegenzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "toezingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "uitzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "verzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "volzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "voortzingen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "voorzingen"
    },
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      "word": "wegzingen"
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        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "zingen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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      "form": "zongen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "zinge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "zingt",
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "zingend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gezongen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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        "(slang) to sing, to blab to the police, to confess under interrogation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈzɪ.ŋə(n)/"
    },
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    "Dutch lemmas",
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    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch verbs",
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    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɪŋən/2 syllables"
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      "word": "aanzingen"
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    {
      "word": "afzingen"
    },
    {
      "word": "bezingen"
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      "word": "doodzingen"
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    {
      "word": "doorzingen"
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    {
      "word": "heenzingen"
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    {
      "word": "herzingen"
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    {
      "word": "inzingen"
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      "word": "loszingen"
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      "word": "meezingen"
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      "word": "nazingen"
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      "word": "wegzingen"
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        "singular"
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "zong",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "zingen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "zongen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "zinge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zonge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zingen",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zing",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zingt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zingend",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gezongen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "zingen",
      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "zin",
        "gen"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zing",
        "2": "zong",
        "3": "zongen",
        "class": "3a"
      },
      "name": "nl-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "zang"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to sing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sing, to blab to the police, to confess under interrogation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ],
        [
          "blab",
          "blab"
        ],
        [
          "confess",
          "confess"
        ],
        [
          "interrogation",
          "interrogation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) to sing, to blab to the police, to confess under interrogation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈzɪ.ŋə(n)/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-zingen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/1b/Nl-zingen.ogg/Nl-zingen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Nl-zingen.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪŋən"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zingen"
}

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