timen
See also: timën
Danish
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtaɪ̯mən]
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Verb
timen (third-person singular simple present timt or timet, past tense timte or timete, past participle getimt or getimet or getimed, auxiliary haben)
- to time (e.g. with a stopwatch)
Usage notes
- Inflected forms except timen (infinitive; 1. and 3. person plural indicative present active) and the past participle might be rare, at least in writing.
- In the forms with stem time- (er timet, er timete, er hatte getimet or getimed) the e often is silent (as in timet, timete, getimet) but sometimes it's not (as in timen).
- The forms with stem time- are proscribed.
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English tēmen.
Etymology 2
From Old English tīmian, from Proto-Germanic *tīmōną.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtiːmən/
Verb
timen
- To take place; to come to pass.
- To experience life or happenings.
- To select when something happens.
Conjugation
Conjugation of timen (weak)
infinitive | (to) timen | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | past |
1st person singular | time | timede |
2nd person singular | timest | timedest |
3rd person singular | timeth, timeþ | timede |
plural | timen | timeden |
subjunctive | present | past |
singular | time | timede |
plural | timen | timeden |
imperative | present | |
singular | time | |
plural | timeth, timeþ | |
participle | present | past |
timende, timinge | timed, ytimed |
Descendants
- English: time
References
- “tīmen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.
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