dammen
Danish edit
Noun edit
dammen c
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle French dame (“dame, double checkers piece”) + -en.
Verb edit
dammen
- (intransitive) to play checkers
Inflection edit
| Inflection of dammen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dammen | |||
| past singular | damde | |||
| past participle | gedamd | |||
| infinitive | dammen | |||
| gerund | dammen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dam | damde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | damt | damde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | damt | damde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | damt | damde | ||
| 3rd person singular | damt | damde | ||
| plural | dammen | damden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | damme | damde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | dammen | damden | ||
| imperative sing. | dam | |||
| imperative plur.1 | damt | |||
| participles | dammend | gedamd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- →? Akan: dam (Twi, possibly from Danish)
- → Caribbean Hindustani: dám
- → Caribbean Javanese: dham
- → Papiamentu: dam
Etymology 2 edit
Gerund of the verb dammen.
Noun edit
dammen n (uncountable)
Synonyms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle Dutch dammen. Equivalent to dam + -en.
Verb edit
dammen
Inflection edit
| Inflection of dammen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dammen | |||
| past singular | damde | |||
| past participle | gedamd | |||
| infinitive | dammen | |||
| gerund | dammen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | dam | damde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | damt | damde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | damt | damde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | damt | damde | ||
| 3rd person singular | damt | damde | ||
| plural | dammen | damden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | damme | damde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | dammen | damden | ||
| imperative sing. | dam | |||
| imperative plur.1 | damt | |||
| participles | dammend | gedamd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
dammen
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
dammen m
- definite singular of dam
- nickname for the Atlantic Ocean.
- over dammen - across the pond
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
dammen m
- definite singular of dam
- nickname for the Atlantic Ocean.
- over dammen - across the pond
Swedish edit
Noun edit
dammen