twitteren
Dutch
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈtʋɪ.tə.rən/
- Audio - (file) 
- Hyphenation: twit‧te‧ren
- Rhymes: -ɪtərən
Inflection
    
| Conjugation of twitteren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | twitteren | |||
| past singular | twitterde | |||
| past participle | getwitterd | |||
| infinitive | twitteren | |||
| gerund | twitteren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | twitterde | |||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | twittert | twitterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | twittert | twitterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | twittert | twitterde | ||
| 3rd person singular | twittert | twitterde | ||
| plural | twitteren | twitterden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | twittere | twitterde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | twitteren | twitterden | ||
| imperative sing. | ||||
| imperative plur.1 | twittert | |||
| participles | twitterend | getwitterd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Verb
    
twitteren
- (rare) to tweet (utter a succession of chirps)
- Synonyms: kwetteren, tjilpen
 - 1904, J. Steynen, Maagdlykheid:- In den ouden kastanjeboom zat 'n vink, die twitterde, zingen wou van lentepret; lief-onbeholpen stiet ie de nootjes uit het vroolijke bekje in de morgenlucht, die de fijne geuren droeg van de maartviooltjes.- In the old chestnut tree sat a finch, which tweeted, wanted to sing for the joy of spring; sweetly and clumsily he thrust the nuts from its cheerful beak into the morning air, which carried the fine scents of the March violets.
 
 
- 1950, S. van der Zee, “Morellenmijmeringen”, in Twentsch dagblad Tubantia en Enschedesche courant en Vrije Twentsche courant, volume 144, number 79:- Boven op de ladder ga ik zitten en vermaak me met een paar uitgevlogen koolmezen, die midden in de morel zitten te twitteren.- I'm sitting atop the ladder and amuse myself with a couple of fledged great tits, which are tweeting in the middle of the cherry tree.
 
 
 
Inflection
    
| Conjugation of twitteren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | twitteren | |||
| past singular | twitterde | |||
| past participle | getwitterd | |||
| infinitive | twitteren | |||
| gerund | twitteren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | twitterde | |||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | twittert | twitterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | twittert | twitterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | twittert | twitterde | ||
| 3rd person singular | twittert | twitterde | ||
| plural | twitteren | twitterden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | twittere | twitterde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | twitteren | twitterden | ||
| imperative sing. | ||||
| imperative plur.1 | twittert | |||
| participles | twitterend | getwitterd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
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