zimmern
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German zimbern, from Old High German zimbren, zimbarōn, from Proto-Germanic *timrijaną, derived from *timrą, whence German Zimmer. Cognate with Dutch timmeren, English timber.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zimmern (weak, third-person singular present zimmert, past tense zimmerte, past participle gezimmert, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to build something from wood
- (colloquial) to hit; to slap [with eine and dative ‘someone’]
- (transitive, informal, sports, especially soccer) to shoot the ball hard
- Aus der Drehung zimmert er die Kirsche direkt unters Gebälk.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | zimmern | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | zimmernd | ||||
past participle | gezimmert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zimmre ich zimmere ich zimmer |
wir zimmern | i | ich zimmere ich zimmre |
wir zimmern |
du zimmerst | ihr zimmert | du zimmerest du zimmrest |
ihr zimmeret ihr zimmret | ||
er zimmert | sie zimmern | er zimmere er zimmre |
sie zimmern | ||
preterite | ich zimmerte | wir zimmerten | ii | ich zimmerte1 | wir zimmerten1 |
du zimmertest | ihr zimmertet | du zimmertest1 | ihr zimmertet1 | ||
er zimmerte | sie zimmerten | er zimmerte1 | sie zimmerten1 | ||
imperative | zimmre (du) zimmer (du) zimmere (du) |
zimmert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- 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
- German transitive verbs
- German colloquialisms
- German informal terms
- de:Sports
- de:Football (soccer)
- German terms with usage examples