swimmen
Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Old Saxon swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.
Verb edit
swimmen (past singular swumm, past participle swummen, auxiliary verb hebben or wesen)
- to swim
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of swimmen (class 3 strong verb)
infinitive | swimmen | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | swimm | swumm |
2nd person singular | swimms(t) | swumms(t) |
3rd person singular | swimm(t) | swumm |
plural | swimmt, swimmen | swummen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | swimm | |
plural | swimmt | |
participle | present | past |
swimmen | (e)swummen, geswummen | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
Middle English edit
Verb edit
swimmen
- Alternative form of swymmen
Middle High German edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old High German swimman, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman.
Verb edit
swimmen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present swimmet, past tense swam, past participle geswummen, past subjunctive swümme, auxiliary hân)
- to swim
Conjugation edit
infinitive | swimmen | ||||
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genitive gerund | swimmennes swimmenes | ||||
dative gerund | swimmenne swimmene | ||||
present participle | swimmende | ||||
past participle | geswummen | ||||
auxiliary | hân | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich swimme | wir swimmen | i | ich swimme | wir swimmen |
du swimmest | ir swimmet | du swimmest | ir swimmet | ||
ër swimmet | sie swimment | ër swimme | sie swimmen | ||
preterite | ich swam | wir swummen | ii | ich swümme | wir swümmen |
du swümme | ir swummet | du swümmest | ir swümmet | ||
ër swam | sie swummen | ër swümme | sie swümmen | ||
imperative | swim (du) | swimmet (ir) |
Descendants edit
- Bavarian: schwimma
- German: schwimmen
- Luxembourgish: schwammen
- Vilamovian: śwyma
- Yiddish: שווימען (shvimen)
References edit
- Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “swimmen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke[1], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel