sidderen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tzitteren (15th c.), from Early Modern German zittern, from Proto-Germanic *titrōną, whence also English teeter and (perhaps) dither.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪdərən

Verb

sidderen

1. to shiver, tremble, quake

   Daar zat Sofie in het donker, sidderend van angst - There sat Sofie in the darkness, trembling with fear.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sidderen (weak)
infinitive	sidderen
past singular	sidderde
past participle	gesidderd
infinitive	sidderen
gerund	sidderen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	sidder	sidderde
2nd person sing. (jij)	siddert, sidder2	sidderde
2nd person sing. (u)	siddert	sidderde
2nd person sing. (gij)	siddert	sidderde
3rd person singular	siddert	sidderde
plural	sidderen	sidderden
subjunctive sing.1	siddere	sidderde
subjunctive plur.1	sidderen	sidderden
imperative sing.	sidder
imperative plur.1	siddert
participles	sidderend	gesidderd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sidder