hemelen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.mə.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: he‧me‧len

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hêmelen. The word is probably related to heimelijk (“secret”), and in early modern Dutch it still meant "to clean up, to tidy". Semantic influence from hemel (“heaven”) likely shifted its meaning from this towards "to make nice, to make beautiful" and then to the current sense.

Verb

hemelen

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to hide, to remove
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to fix, to repair

Inflection

Inflection of hemelen (weak)
infinitive hemelen
past singular hemelde
past participle gehemeld
infinitive hemelen
gerund hemelen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular hemelhemelde
2nd person sing. (jij) hemelthemelde
2nd person sing. (u) hemelthemelde
2nd person sing. (gij) hemelthemelde
3rd person singular hemelthemelde
plural hemelenhemelden
subjunctive sing.1 hemelehemelde
subjunctive plur.1 hemelenhemelden
imperative sing. hemel
imperative plur.1 hemelt
participles hemelendgehemeld
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

From hemel +‎ -en.

Verb

hemelen

  1. (intransitive, euphemistic) to die

Inflection

Inflection of hemelen (weak)
infinitive hemelen
past singular hemelde
past participle gehemeld
infinitive hemelen
gerund hemelen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular hemelhemelde
2nd person sing. (jij) hemelthemelde
2nd person sing. (u) hemelthemelde
2nd person sing. (gij) hemelthemelde
3rd person singular hemelthemelde
plural hemelenhemelden
subjunctive sing.1 hemelehemelde
subjunctive plur.1 hemelenhemelden
imperative sing. hemel
imperative plur.1 hemelt
participles hemelendgehemeld
1) Archaic.

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

hemelen

  1. Plural form of hemel
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