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swimmen

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Low German

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.

Verb

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swimmen (past singular swumm, past participle swummen, auxiliary verb hebben or wesen)

  1. to swim

Conjugation

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Conjugation of swimmen (class 3 strong verb)
infinitive swimmen
present preterite
1st person singular swimm swumm
2nd person singular swimms(t) swumms(t)
3rd person singular swimm(t) swumm
plural swimmt, swimmen swummen
imperative
singular swimm
plural swimmt
present past
participle swimmen (e)swummen, geswummen

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle English

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Verb

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swimmen

  1. Alternative form of swymmen

Middle High German

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old High German swimman, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠wimmən/

Verb

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swimmen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present swimmet, past tense swam, past participle geswummen, past subjunctive swümme, auxiliary hān)

  1. to swim

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Bavarian: schwimma
  • German: schwimmen
  • Luxembourgish: schwammen
  • Vilamovian: śwyma
  • Yiddish: שווימען (shvimen)

References

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  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “swimmen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel