tongelen
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom tong (“tongue”) + -elen.
Verb
edittongelen
- (of animals) to stick out or flick the tongue briefly
- Slangen ruiken door te tongelen. ― Snakes smell by flicking the tongue.
- Honden tongelen soms uit stress. ― Dogs sometimes stick out their tongue briefly due to stress.
Conjugation
edit| Conjugation of tongelen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tongelen | |||
| past singular | tongelde | |||
| past participle | getongeld | |||
| infinitive | tongelen | |||
| gerund | tongelen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | tongel | tongelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | tongelt, tongel2 | tongelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | tongelt | tongelde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | tongelt | tongelde | ||
| 3rd person singular | tongelt | tongelde | ||
| plural | tongelen | tongelden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | tongele | tongelde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | tongelen | tongelden | ||
| imperative sing. | tongel | |||
| imperative plur.1 | tongelt | |||
| participles | tongelend | getongeld | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||