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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Hamster (“hamster”) + -en. The hamster is said to hoard food; compare English squirrel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hamstern (weak, third-person singular present hamstert, past tense hamsterte, past participle gehamstert, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, intransitive) to hoard
- Synonym: horten
- 2022 October 10, Friedrich Küppersbusch, “Deutsche Bahn, Gaspreis und Elon Musk: Globale Superhirne”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Biden hat vor der atomaren Bedrohung durch Russland gewarnt. Müssen wir Jodtabletten hamstern?
- Biden warned of the nuclear threat posed by Russia. Do we need to be hoarding iodine tablets?
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | hamstern | ||||
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present participle | hamsternd | ||||
past participle | gehamstert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich hamstre ich hamstere ich hamster |
wir hamstern | i | ich hamstere ich hamstre |
wir hamstern |
du hamsterst | ihr hamstert | du hamsterest du hamstrest |
ihr hamsteret ihr hamstret | ||
er hamstert | sie hamstern | er hamstere er hamstre |
sie hamstern | ||
preterite | ich hamsterte | wir hamsterten | ii | ich hamsterte1 | wir hamsterten1 |
du hamstertest | ihr hamstertet | du hamstertest1 | ihr hamstertet1 | ||
er hamsterte | sie hamsterten | er hamsterte1 | sie hamsterten1 | ||
imperative | hamstre (du) hamster (du) hamstere (du) |
hamstert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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