wimmen
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]wimmen
- Eye dialect spelling of women.
- 1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss:
- "But women," I suggested, when he had finished proclaiming booze the sole end of existence.
"Wimmen!" He thumped his pot upon the bar and orated eloquently. "Wimmen is a thing my edication 'as learnt me t' let alone."
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wimmen, windemen, from Old High German windemōn, ultimately from Latin vindemiō, itself from vinum + demō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]wimmen (weak, third-person singular present wimmt, past tense wimmte, past participle gewimmt, auxiliary haben)
- (Switzerland, viticulture) to hold/keep a vintage (grape harvest) (clarification of this definition is needed)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | wimmen | ||||
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present participle | wimmend | ||||
past participle | gewimmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wimme | wir wimmen | i | ich wimme | wir wimmen |
du wimmst | ihr wimmt | du wimmest | ihr wimmet | ||
er wimmt | sie wimmen | er wimme | sie wimmen | ||
preterite | ich wimmte | wir wimmten | ii | ich wimmte1 | wir wimmten1 |
du wimmtest | ihr wimmtet | du wimmtest1 | ihr wimmtet1 | ||
er wimmte | sie wimmten | er wimmte1 | sie wimmten1 | ||
imperative | wimm (du) wimme (du) |
wimmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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- de:Horticulture
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