zähmen
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See also: zahmen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German zemmen, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną. The long vowel is due to analogy with zahm.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtseː.mən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- IPA(key): /ˈtsɛː.mən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): [ˈtsɛː.mm̩], [ˈtseː.mm̩]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: zäh‧men
Verb
[edit]zähmen (weak, third-person singular present zähmt, past tense zähmte, past participle gezähmt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to tame
- 2000s, Wumpscut, Verflucht bis ihr verhungert
- Sie kamen über Berge zu zähmen all das Land
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2000s, Wumpscut, Verflucht bis ihr verhungert
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | zähmen | ||||
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present participle | zähmend | ||||
past participle | gezähmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zähme | wir zähmen | i | ich zähme | wir zähmen |
du zähmst | ihr zähmt | du zähmest | ihr zähmet | ||
er zähmt | sie zähmen | er zähme | sie zähmen | ||
preterite | ich zähmte | wir zähmten | ii | ich zähmte1 | wir zähmten1 |
du zähmtest | ihr zähmtet | du zähmtest1 | ihr zähmtet1 | ||
er zähmte | sie zähmten | er zähmte1 | sie zähmten1 | ||
imperative | zähm (du) zähme (du) |
zähmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “zähmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “zähmen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “zähmen” in Duden online
- “zähmen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *demh₂-
- German terms inherited from Old High German
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