knielen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch knielen, from Old Dutch *kniolon. Ultimately derived from knie, but the source of the l is unknown.

Pronunciation

  • (Netherlands)
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -ilÉ™n

Verb

knielen

  1. to kneel (stoop down and rest on the knee)

Inflection

Inflection of knielen (weak)
infinitive knielen
past singular knielde
past participle geknield
infinitive knielen
gerund knielen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular knielknielde
2nd person sing. (jij) knieltknielde
2nd person sing. (u) knieltknielde
2nd person sing. (gij) knieltknielde
3rd person singular knieltknielde
plural knielenknielden
subjunctive sing.1 knieleknielde
subjunctive plur.1 knielenknielden
imperative sing. kniel
imperative plur.1 knielt
participles knielendgeknield
1) Archaic.
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