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Catalan
[edit]Verb
[edit]relaxen
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]relaxen
- (intransitive, informal) to relax
- Synonym: ontspannen
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of relaxen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | relaxen | |||
past singular | relaxte | |||
past participle | gerelaxt | |||
infinitive | relaxen | |||
gerund | relaxen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | relax | relaxte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | relaxt, relax2 | relaxte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | relaxt | relaxte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | relaxt | relaxte | ||
3rd person singular | relaxt | relaxte | ||
plural | relaxen | relaxten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | relaxe | relaxte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | relaxen | relaxten | ||
imperative sing. | relax | |||
imperative plur.1 | relaxt | |||
participles | relaxend | gerelaxt | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Related terms
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]relaxen (weak, third-person singular present relaxt, past tense relaxte, past participle relaxt, auxiliary haben)
- to relax
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | relaxen | ||||
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present participle | relaxend | ||||
past participle | relaxt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich relaxe | wir relaxen | i | ich relaxe | wir relaxen |
du relaxt | ihr relaxt | du relaxest | ihr relaxet | ||
er relaxt | sie relaxen | er relaxe | sie relaxen | ||
preterite | ich relaxte | wir relaxten | ii | ich relaxte1 | wir relaxten1 |
du relaxtest | ihr relaxtet | du relaxtest1 | ihr relaxtet1 | ||
er relaxte | sie relaxten | er relaxte1 | sie relaxten1 | ||
imperative | relax (du) relaxe (du) |
relaxt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French relaxer (“remit, pardon (sins), liberate, acquit, loosen, slacken”) as well as its etymon Latin relaxāre (“relax, loosen, open”).
Verb
[edit]relaxen
- (transitive) loosen, make (something) less compact or dense
- (intransitive) loosen (become loose), slacken
- (transitive) remit, annul (a debt or other obligation)
Descendants
[edit]- English: relax
References
[edit]- “relax, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- “relaxen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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