glimmen
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch glimmen, from Old Dutch *glimman, from Proto-Germanic *glimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). See also Norwegian glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]glimmen
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of glimmen (strong class 3a) | ||||
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infinitive | glimmen | |||
past singular | glom | |||
past participle | geglommen | |||
infinitive | glimmen | |||
gerund | glimmen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | glim | glom | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | glimt, glim2 | glom | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | glimt | glom | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | glimt | glomt | ||
3rd person singular | glimt | glom | ||
plural | glimmen | glommen | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | glimme | glomme | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | glimmen | glommen | ||
imperative sing. | glim | |||
imperative plur.1 | glimt | |||
participles | glimmend | geglommen | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Negerhollands: glim
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German glimmen, from Proto-Germanic *glimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). See also Norwegian glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]glimmen (class 3 strong or weak, third-person singular present glimmt, past tense glomm or glimmte, past participle geglommen or geglimmt, past subjunctive glömme or glimmte, auxiliary haben)
- to shine
- to glow, to smolder
- 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, pages 158–159:
- Als in dem grünlichen Kachelofen nach einiger Zeit die Holzscheite zu glimmen und zu knistern begannen, setzte er sich, noch immer im Pelz, auf den schwarzen, ans Bett gerückten breitlehnigen Lederstuhl.
- When after some time the logs in the greenish tiled stove started glowing and crackling, he sat down, still in the fur, on the black leather chair, which was moved next to the bed.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | glimmen | ||||
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present participle | glimmend | ||||
past participle | geglommen geglimmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich glimme | wir glimmen | i | ich glimme | wir glimmen |
du glimmst | ihr glimmt | du glimmest | ihr glimmet | ||
er glimmt | sie glimmen | er glimme | sie glimmen | ||
preterite | ich glomm ich glimmte |
wir glommen wir glimmten |
ii | ich glömme1 ich glimmte1 |
wir glömmen1 wir glimmten1 |
du glommst du glimmtest |
ihr glommt ihr glimmtet |
du glömmest1 du glömmst1 du glimmtest1 |
ihr glömmet1 ihr glömmt1 ihr glimmtet1 | ||
er glomm er glimmte |
sie glommen sie glimmten |
er glömme1 er glimmte1 |
sie glömmen1 sie glimmten1 | ||
imperative | glimm (du) glimme (du) |
glimmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]- “glimmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “glimmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “glimmen” in Duden online
- “glimmen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *glimman, from Proto-Germanic *glimmaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to gleam, shimmer, glow”). See also Norwegian glim, dialectal Old Swedish glim, glimma.
Verb
[edit]glimmen
Inflection
[edit]Strong class 3 | ||
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Infinitive | glimmen | |
3rd sg. past | glam | |
3rd pl. past | glommen | |
Past participle | geglommen | |
Infinitive | glimmen | |
In genitive | glimmens | |
In dative | glimmene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | glimme | glam |
2nd singular | glims, glimmes | gloms, glommes |
3rd singular | glimt, glimmet | glam |
1st plural | glimmen | glommen |
2nd plural | glimt, glimmet | glomt, glommet |
3rd plural | glimmen | glommen |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | glimme | glomme |
2nd singular | glims, glimmes | glommes |
3rd singular | glimme | glomme |
1st plural | glimmen | glommen |
2nd plural | glimt, glimmet | glommet |
3rd plural | glimmen | glommen |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | glim, glimme | |
Plural | glimt, glimmet | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | glimmende | geglommen |
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “glimmen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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