dämmern

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German

Etymology

Back-formation from Dämmerung.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛmɐn/
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  • Hyphenation: däm‧mern

Verb

dämmern (weak, third-person singular present dämmert, past tense dämmerte, past participle gedämmert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to dawn (of day, morning); to fall (of dusk, evening)
    Es dämmert.Day is dawning. / Dusk is falling.
  2. (figurative) to dawn (to start to appear or be realized)
    Langsam dämmert es mir.It's slowly dawning on me.
    • 2019 September 11, Eva Müller-Foell, “I prefer Rotwein, keine Bier”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 24:
      Er trinkt einen großen Schluck davon und erzählt: „Ich trinke alle Alkohol, nur Bier nicht. I prefer Rotwein, keine Bier.“ Dann dämmert es mir: Der Typ ist vielleicht nicht nur wirr, sondern schon raketendicht.
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  3. to doze
    • 2017, Simone Meier, Kein & Aber, p. 8:
      Vor dem Fenster dämmerte die Stadt in den anbrechenden Abend hinein…
      Beyond the window the city dozed in the falling evening.

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Further reading

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