hamsteren
Dutch
Etymology
1917. Borrowed from German hamstern, inspired by the way hamsters use their cheek pouches to keep food for later use. Older dictionaries tend to stress the secrecy or illegality of the act.
Pronunciation
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Inflection
| Inflection of hamsteren (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hamsteren | |||
| past singular | hamsterde | |||
| past participle | gehamsterd | |||
| infinitive | hamsteren | |||
| gerund | hamsteren n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | hamster | hamsterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | hamstert | hamsterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | hamstert | hamsterde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | hamstert | hamsterde | ||
| 3rd person singular | hamstert | hamsterde | ||
| plural | hamsteren | hamsterden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | hamstere | hamsterde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | hamsteren | hamsterden | ||
| imperative sing. | hamster | |||
| imperative plur.1 | hamstert | |||
| participles | hamsterend | gehamsterd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Luxembourgish
Verb
hamsteren (third-person singular present hamstert, past participle gehamstert, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to hoard
Conjugation
| Regular | ||
|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hamsteren | |
| participle | gehamstert | |
| auxiliary | hunn | |
| present indicative |
imperative | |
| 1st singular | hamsteren | — |
| 2nd singular | hamsters | hamster |
| 3rd singular | hamstert | — |
| 1st plural | hamsteren | — |
| 2nd plural | hamstert | hamstert |
| 3rd plural | hamsteren | — |
| (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. | ||
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
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