Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English game.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːmə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ga‧men

Verb edit

gamen

  1. (intransitive) to play a video game

Inflection edit

Inflection of gamen (weak)
infinitive gamen
past singular gamede
past participle gegamed
infinitive gamen
gerund gamen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular game gamede
2nd person sing. (jij) gamet gamede
2nd person sing. (u) gamet gamede
2nd person sing. (gij) gamet gamede
3rd person singular gamet gamede
plural gamen gameden
subjunctive sing.1 game gamede
subjunctive plur.1 gamen gameden
imperative sing. game
imperative plur.1 gamet
participles gamend gegamed
1) Archaic.

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German edit

Etymology edit

English game +‎ -en

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːmən/, /ˈɡɛɪ̯mən/
  • (file)

Verb edit

gamen (weak, third-person singular present gamt or (proscribed) gamet, past tense gamte or (proscribed) gamete, past participle gegamt or (proscribed) gegamet or (proscribed) gegamed, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to play a video game
    Synonyms: daddeln, zocken
    • 2016, Christoph Ernst, Weihnachten hart + zart: 24 und eine Geschichte von acht Autoren, Kadera Verlag Günther Döscher, →ISBN:
      Die meiste Zeit haben der Weihnachtsmann und ich gegeneinander gegamt, Mimi und Hannes saßen mit roten Backen um uns rum und fieberten richtig mit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • gamen” in Duden online
  • gamen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

gamen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がめん

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian; equivalent to and influenced by game +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaːmən/, /ˈɡamən/, /ˈɡaːm(ə)nən/, /ˈɡam(ə)nən/
  • (from OE *gomenian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːmən/, /ˈɡɔːm(ə)nən/

Verb edit

gamen

  1. To entertain or enjoy oneself; to display happiness or joy.
  2. To make entertained or joyful; to amuse or cheer up.
  3. (rare) To have sex; to engage in sexual intercourse.
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit
  • English: game
  • Yola: gaame, gaume, gaaume
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

gamen

  1. Alternative form of game

Old English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gamen n

  1. game, sport, or pastime
  2. joy, mirth, or pleasure

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Swedish edit

Noun edit

gamen

  1. definite singular of gam
  2. definite plural of game

Anagrams edit