keimen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German kīmen, from kīm, kīme (“sprout”) (see Keim). Supplanted or merged with Middle High German kīnen (“to sprout”), from Old High German kīnan, from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (“to germinate; sprout”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
keimen (weak, third-person singular present keimt, past tense keimte, past participle gekeimt, auxiliary haben), intransitive
- to sprout, germinate
- to stir (e.g. hope)
- to form (e.g. thought, decision)
- to awaken (e.g. love, yearning)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | keimen | ||||
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present participle | keimend | ||||
past participle | gekeimt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich keime | wir keimen | i | ich keime | wir keimen |
du keimst | ihr keimt | du keimest | ihr keimet | ||
er keimt | sie keimen | er keime | sie keimen | ||
preterite | ich keimte | wir keimten | ii | ich keimte1 | wir keimten1 |
du keimtest | ihr keimtet | du keimtest1 | ihr keimtet1 | ||
er keimte | sie keimten | er keimte1 | sie keimten1 | ||
imperative | keim (du) keime (du) |
keimt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.