From beamenen (archaic), from be- + amen, with the final -enen simplified to just -en.
beamen
Inflection of beamen (weak, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | beamen | |||
past singular | beaamde | |||
past participle | beaamd | |||
infinitive | beamen | |||
gerund | beamen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | beaam | beaamde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | beaamt | beaamde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | beaamt | beaamde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | beaamt | beaamde | ||
3rd person singular | beaamt | beaamde | ||
plural | beamen | beaamden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | beame | beaamde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | beamen | beaamden | ||
imperative sing. | beaam | |||
imperative plur.1 | beaamt | |||
participles | beamend | beaamd | ||
1) Archaic. |
Borrowed from English beam. Doublet of boom.
beamen
Inflection of beamen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | beamen | |||
past singular | beamde | |||
past participle | gebeamd | |||
infinitive | beamen | |||
gerund | beamen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | beam | beamde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | beamt | beamde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | beamt | beamde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | beamt | beamde | ||
3rd person singular | beamt | beamde | ||
plural | beamen | beamden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | beame | beamde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | beamen | beamden | ||
imperative sing. | beam | |||
imperative plur.1 | beamt | |||
participles | beamend | gebeamd | ||
1) Archaic. |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
beamen
Borrowed from English beam in the science fiction sense, popularised by the series Star Trek (first broadcast in Germany in 1972). The sense “to project” is a figurative use, apparently since the 1990s. Doublet of Baum.
beamen (weak, third-person singular present beamt, past tense beamte, past participle gebeamt, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | beamen | ||||
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present participle | beamend | ||||
past participle | gebeamt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich beame | wir beamen | i | ich beame | wir beamen |
du beamst | ihr beamt | du beamest | ihr beamet | ||
er beamt | sie beamen | er beame | sie beamen | ||
preterite | ich beamte | wir beamten | ii | ich beamte1 | wir beamten1 |
du beamtest | ihr beamtet | du beamtest1 | ihr beamtet1 | ||
er beamte | sie beamten | er beamte1 | sie beamten1 | ||
imperative | beam (du) beame (du) |
beamt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.