wimmen
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
wimmen
- Eye dialect spelling of women.
- 1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss:
- "But women," I suggested, when he had finished proclaiming booze the sole end of existence.
"Wimmen!" He thumped his pot upon the bar and orated eloquently. "Wimmen is a thing my edication 'as learnt me t' let alone."
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German wimmen, windemen, from Old High German windemōn, ultimately from Latin vindemiō, itself from vinum + demō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
wimmen (weak, third-person singular present wimmt, past tense wimmte, past participle gewimmt, auxiliary haben)
- (Switzerland, viticulture) to hold/keep a vintage (grape harvest) (clarification of this definition is needed)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | wimmen | ||||
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present participle | wimmend | ||||
past participle | gewimmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wimme | wir wimmen | i | ich wimme | wir wimmen |
du wimmst | ihr wimmt | du wimmest | ihr wimmet | ||
er wimmt | sie wimmen | er wimme | sie wimmen | ||
preterite | ich wimmte | wir wimmten | ii | ich wimmte1 | wir wimmten1 |
du wimmtest | ihr wimmtet | du wimmtest1 | ihr wimmtet1 | ||
er wimmte | sie wimmten | er wimmte1 | sie wimmten1 | ||
imperative | wimm (du) wimme (du) |
wimmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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