hemmen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German hemmen, from Old High German *hemmen (in Old High German gihemmen), from Proto-West Germanic *hammjan. Cognate with English hem, Swedish hämma, Icelandic hemja.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edithemmen (weak, third-person singular present hemmt, past tense hemmte, past participle gehemmt, auxiliary haben)
- to check
- to hinder, to hamper
- Die Bürokratie hemmt viele gute Projekte. ― Bureaucracy hampers many good projects.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | hemmen | ||||
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present participle | hemmend | ||||
past participle | gehemmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich hemme | wir hemmen | i | ich hemme | wir hemmen |
du hemmst | ihr hemmt | du hemmest | ihr hemmet | ||
er hemmt | sie hemmen | er hemme | sie hemmen | ||
preterite | ich hemmte | wir hemmten | ii | ich hemmte1 | wir hemmten1 |
du hemmtest | ihr hemmtet | du hemmtest1 | ihr hemmtet1 | ||
er hemmte | sie hemmten | er hemmte1 | sie hemmten1 | ||
imperative | hemm (du) hemme (du) |
hemmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Polish: hamować
Further reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German hemmen, from Old High German *hemmen, from Proto-West Germanic *hammjan.
Verb
edithemmen (third-person singular present hemmt, past participle gehemmt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to hamper
Conjugation
editRegular | ||
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infinitive | hemmen | |
participle | gehemmt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | hemmen | — |
2nd singular | hemms | hemm |
3rd singular | hemmt | — |
1st plural | hemmen | — |
2nd plural | hemmt | hemmt |
3rd plural | hemmen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Northern Ohlone
editEtymology
editRelated to himmen (“one”).
Determiner
edithemmen
References
editMaría de los Angeles Colós, José Guzman, and John Peabody Harrington (1930s) Chochenyo Field Notes (Survey of California and Other Indian Langauges)[1], Unpublished
Swedish
editNoun
edithemmen
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