trimmen
Appearance
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ca. 1900, from English trim, from Old English trymman. The sense “work out” perhaps after the English expression keep in trim. This sense appears simultaneously in Dutch and German in the later 1960s, so one may have borrowed it from the other.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]trimmen
- to work out, especially to jog
- to trim the hair of a dog or a horse
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of trimmen (weak) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | trimmen | |||
past singular | trimde | |||
past participle | getrimd | |||
infinitive | trimmen | |||
gerund | trimmen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | trim | trimde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | trimt, trim2 | trimde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | trimt | trimde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | trimt | trimde | ||
3rd person singular | trimt | trimde | ||
plural | trimmen | trimden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | trimme | trimde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | trimmen | trimden | ||
imperative sing. | trim | |||
imperative plur.1 | trimt | |||
participles | trimmend | getrimd | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Late 19th century, at first in nautical parlance, from English trim, from Old English trymman. For the sense “work out” compare the Dutch entry above.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]trimmen (weak, third-person singular present trimmt, past tense trimmte, past participle getrimmt, auxiliary haben)
- (nautical, aviation) to trim
- to trim (a dog's hair, a man's beard, etc.)
- (with auf) to give the appearance, look or air (of); to decorate (as); to make (someone/something) up (as) [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and auf (+ predicate adjective) ‘in a particular way’]
- Wir haben das Restaurant als antik getrimmt.
- We made the restaurant look antique/decorated the restaurant in an antique style.
- (transitive) to drill or condition [with accusative ‘someone’ and auf (+ accusative) ‘for a behaviour/behavior or mindset’]
- (reflexive, dated) to work out, to keep oneself physically fit through exercise [chiefly 1970s and 80s]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | trimmen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | trimmend | ||||
past participle | getrimmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich trimme | wir trimmen | i | ich trimme | wir trimmen |
du trimmst | ihr trimmt | du trimmest | ihr trimmet | ||
er trimmt | sie trimmen | er trimme | sie trimmen | ||
preterite | ich trimmte | wir trimmten | ii | ich trimmte1 | wir trimmten1 |
du trimmtest | ihr trimmtet | du trimmtest1 | ihr trimmtet1 | ||
er trimmte | sie trimmten | er trimmte1 | sie trimmten1 | ||
imperative | trimm (du) trimme (du) |
trimmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
- Dutch terms derived from English
- Dutch terms derived from Old English
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɪmən
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɪmən/2 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch verbs
- Dutch weak verbs
- Dutch basic verbs
- German terms borrowed from English
- German terms derived from English
- German terms derived from Old English
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- de:Nautical
- de:Aviation
- German terms with usage examples
- German transitive verbs
- German reflexive verbs
- German dated terms