beamen

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Dutch

Etymology 1

From beamenen (archaic), from be- +‎ amen, with the final -enen simplified to just -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈaːmə(n)/,
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧amen
  • Rhymes: -aːmən

Verb

beamen

  1. (transitive, literally) to say, reply 'amen' after an uttering, notably in prayer or liturgy (especially in a responsory)
  2. (transitive) to assent to a statement
Inflection
Inflection of beamen (weak, prefixed)
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.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English beam. Doublet of boom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːmə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: bea‧men

Verb

beamen

  1. (intransitive) to (transport by) beam; mainly used in science fiction context
    Scotty is een meester in het beamen naar en van de Enterprise.
    Scotty is a master at beaming to and from the Enterprise.
Inflection
Inflection of beamen (weak)
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.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəˈaːmə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: be‧amen

Verb

beamen

  1. inflection of beamenen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Verb

beamen (weak, third-person singular present beamt, past tense beamte, past participle gebeamt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive, science fiction) to beam (transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism)
  2. to teleport
    Synonym: teleportieren
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to project with a video projector
    Synonyms: projizieren, werfen

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • beamen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • beamen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • beamen” in Duden online
  • beamen” in OpenThesaurus.de