timen
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See also: timën
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]timen c sg
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]timen (weak, third-person singular present timt or (proscribed) timet, past tense timte or (proscribed) timete, past participle getimt or (proscribed) getimet or (proscribed) getimed, auxiliary haben)
- to time (e.g. with a stopwatch)
Usage notes
[edit]- Inflected forms except timen (infinitive; 1. and 3. person plural indicative present active) and the past participle might be rare, at least in writing.
- In the forms with stem time- (er timet, er timete, er hatte getimet or getimed) the e often is silent (as in timet, timete, getimet) but sometimes it's not (as in timen).
- The forms with stem time- are proscribed.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | timen | ||||
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present participle | timend | ||||
past participle | getimt getimet1 getimed1 | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich time | wir timen | i | ich time | wir timen |
du timst du timest1 |
ihr timt ihr timet1 |
du timest | ihr timet | ||
er timt er timet1 |
sie timen | er time | sie timen | ||
preterite | ich timte ich timete1 |
wir timten wir timeten1 |
ii | ich timte2 ich timete1,2 |
wir timten2 wir timeten1,2 |
du timtest du timetest1 |
ihr timtet ihr timetet1 |
du timtest2 du timetest1,2 |
ihr timtet2 ihr timetet1,2 | ||
er timte er timete1 |
sie timten sie timeten1 |
er timte2 er timete1,2 |
sie timten2 sie timeten1,2 | ||
imperative | tim (du) time (du) |
timt (ihr) timet (ihr)1 |
1Proscribed.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
1Proscribed.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old English tēmen.
Verb
[edit]timen
- Alternative form of temen (“to give birth, to support”)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old English tīmian, from Proto-Germanic *tīmōną; equivalent to tyme (“time”) + -en (infinitival suffix).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]timen
- To take place; to come to pass.
- To experience life or happenings.
- To select when something happens.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of timen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]- English: time
References
[edit]- “tīmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]timen m sg
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]timen m sg
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]timen
- inflection of timar:
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