gamen
Dutch
editEtymology
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editgamen
- (intransitive) to play a video game
Inflection
editConjugation of gamen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | gamen | |||
past singular | gamede | |||
past participle | gegamed | |||
infinitive | gamen | |||
gerund | gamen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | game | gamede | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | gamet, game2 | gamede | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | gamet | gamede | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | gamet | gamede | ||
3rd person singular | gamet | gamede | ||
plural | gamen | gameden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | game | gamede | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | gamen | gameden | ||
imperative sing. | game | |||
imperative plur.1 | gamet | |||
participles | gamend | gegamed | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
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editGerman
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editVerb
editgamen (weak, third-person singular present gamt or (proscribed) gamet, past tense gamte or (proscribed) gamete, past participle gegamt or (proscribed) gegamet or (proscribed) gegamed, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, intransitive) to play a video game
- 2016, Christoph Ernst, Weihnachten hart + zart: 24 und eine Geschichte von acht Autoren, Kadera Verlag Günther Döscher, →ISBN:
- Die meiste Zeit haben der Weihnachtsmann und ich gegeneinander gegamt, Mimi und Hannes saßen mit roten Backen um uns rum und fieberten richtig mit.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | gamen | ||||
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present participle | gamend | ||||
past participle | gegamt gegamet1 gegamed1 | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich game | wir gamen | i | ich game | wir gamen |
du gamst du gamest1 |
ihr gamt ihr gamet1 |
du gamest | ihr gamet | ||
er gamt er gamet1 |
sie gamen | er game | sie gamen | ||
preterite | ich gamte ich gamete1 |
wir gamten wir gameten1 |
ii | ich gamte2 ich gamete1,2 |
wir gamten2 wir gameten1,2 |
du gamtest du gametest1 |
ihr gamtet ihr gametet1 |
du gamtest2 du gametest1,2 |
ihr gamtet2 ihr gametet1,2 | ||
er gamte er gamete1 |
sie gamten sie gameten1 |
er gamte2 er gamete1,2 |
sie gamten2 sie gameten1,2 | ||
imperative | gam (du) game (du) |
gamt (ihr) gamet (ihr)1 |
1Proscribed.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Proscribed.
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editgamen
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian; equivalent to and influenced by game + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈɡaːmən/, /ˈɡamən/, /ˈɡaːm(ə)nən/, /ˈɡam(ə)nən/
- (from OE *gomenian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːmən/, /ˈɡɔːm(ə)nən/
Verb
editgamen
- To entertain or enjoy oneself; to display happiness or joy.
- To make entertained or joyful; to amuse or cheer up.
- (rare) To have sex; to engage in sexual intercourse.
Conjugation
editConjugation of gamen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “gāmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-09.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editgamen
- Alternative form of game
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgamen n
Declension
editDeclension of gamen (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Middle English: game, gamen, gemen, gomen, gome, gammen, gaume, gamme, gamin, gomin, gomyn, gomun, gam, geme
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gamen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Swedish
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