rammen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

rammen

  1. (transitive) To ram, to intentionally collide with (a ship or car or building) with the intention of damaging or sinking it.
  2. (transitive) To strike (something) hard, especially with an implement.
    After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.

Inflection

Inflection of rammen (weak)
infinitive rammen
past singular ramde
past participle geramd
infinitive rammen
gerund rammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular ramramde
2nd person sing. (jij) ramtramde
2nd person sing. (u) ramtramde
2nd person sing. (gij) ramtramde
3rd person singular ramtramde
plural rammenramden
subjunctive sing.1 rammeramde
subjunctive plur.1 rammenramden
imperative sing. ram
imperative plur.1 ramt
participles rammendgeramd
1) Archaic.

German

Etymology

From Ramme (battering ram) + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʁamən/
  • (file)

Verb

rammen (third-person singular simple present rammt, past tense rammte, past participle gerammt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to ram

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • einrammen (to pile, to drive piles into)
  • festrammen (to ram)
  • Rammbär (battering ram; tup)
  • Rammbock (battering ram)
  • Rammklotz (tup)
  • Rammpfahl (pile)
  • Rammsporn (ram bow)

Further reading


Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

rammen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of ramme
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