grondelen

Dutch
Grondelende eenden. — Dabbling ducks.

Etymology

From grond (“ground”) +‎ -elen, a frequentative verb referring to the act of orienting oneself towards the ground underwater. Compare German gründeln.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣrɔn.də.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: gron‧de‧len

Verb

grondelen

  1. (intransitive, of waterfowl) to dabble; to submerge one's head in order to forage while one's rear remains above the surface

Inflection
Inflection of grondelen (weak)
infinitive grondelen
past singular grondelde
past participle gegrondeld
infinitive grondelen
gerund grondelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular grondelgrondelde
2nd person sing. (jij) grondeltgrondelde
2nd person sing. (u) grondeltgrondelde
2nd person sing. (gij) grondeltgrondelde
3rd person singular grondeltgrondelde
plural grondelengrondelden
subjunctive sing.1 grondelegrondelde
subjunctive plur.1 grondelengrondelden
imperative sing. grondel
imperative plur.1 grondelt
participles grondelendgegrondeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms
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