hameren

Dutch

Etymology

From hamer +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

hameren

1. to hammer

Inflection

Inflection of hameren (weak)
infinitive	hameren
past singular	hamerde
past participle	gehamerd
infinitive	hameren
gerund	hameren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	hamer	hamerde
2nd person sing. (jij)	hamert	hamerde
2nd person sing. (u)	hamert	hamerde
2nd person sing. (gij)	hamert	hamerde
3rd person singular	hamert	hamerde
plural	hameren	hamerden
subjunctive sing.1	hamere	hamerde
subjunctive plur.1	hameren	hamerden
imperative sing.	hamer
imperative plur.1	hamert
participles	hamerend	gehamerd
1) Archaic.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hamer

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hamowre, homeren

Etymology

From hamer +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈham(ə)rən/, /ˈhaːm(ə)rən/

Noun

hameren

1. (rare) To hammer (swing a hammer; nail something)
2. (rare) To craft; to create work.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hameren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) hameren, hamere
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	hamere	hamered
2nd-person singular	hamerest	hameredest
3rd-person singular	hamereth	hamered
subjunctive singular	hamere
imperative singular		—
plural1	hameren, hamere	hamereden, hamerede
imperative plural	hamereth, hamere	—
participles	hamerynge, hamerende	hamered, yhamered

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: hammer
• Scots: haimmer

References

• “hameren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-01.