gamen
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeːmə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ga‧men
Inflection
| Conjugation of gamen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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. | ||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡeːmən/, /ˈɡɛɪ̯mən/
Audio (file)
Verb
gamen (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
| infinitive | gamen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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1Proscribed.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Proscribed.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian; equivalent to and influenced by game + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaːmən/, /ˈɡamən/, /ˈɡaːm(ə)nən/, /ˈɡam(ə)nən/
- (from OE *gomenian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːmən/, /ˈɡɔːm(ə)nən/
Verb
gamen
Conjugation
Conjugation of gamen (weak in -ed)
| infinitive | (to) gamen, game | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | game | gamed | |
| 2nd-person singular | gamest | gamedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | gameth | gamed | |
| subjunctive singular | game | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | gamen, game | gameden, gamede | |
| imperative plural | gameth, game | — | |
| participles | gamynge, gamende | gamed, ygamed | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
References
- “gāmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-09.
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑ.men/
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gamen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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