dammen

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See also: dämmen and Dämmen

Danish

Noun

dammen c

  1. definite singular of dam (1)
  2. definite singular of dam (3)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑmə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dam‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɑmən

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French dame (“dame, double checkers piece”) +‎ -en.

Verb

dammen

  1. (intransitive) to play checkers
Conjugation
Conjugation of dammen (weak)
infinitive dammen
past singular damde
past participle gedamd
infinitive dammen
gerund dammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dam damde
2nd person sing. (jij) damt, dam2 damde
2nd person sing. (u) damt damde
2nd person sing. (gij) damt damde
3rd person singular damt damde
plural dammen damden
subjunctive sing.1 damme damde
subjunctive plur.1 dammen damden
imperative sing. dam
imperative plur.1 damt
participles dammend gedamd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • →? Akan: dam (Twi, possibly from Danish)
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: dám
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dham
  • → Papiamentu: dam

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb dammen.

Noun

dammen n (uncountable)

  1. checkers, draughts
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch dammen. Equivalent to dam +‎ -en.

Verb

dammen

  1. (obsolete) to dam
Conjugation
Conjugation of dammen (weak)
infinitive dammen
past singular damde
past participle gedamd
infinitive dammen
gerund dammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dam damde
2nd person sing. (jij) damt, dam2 damde
2nd person sing. (u) damt damde
2nd person sing. (gij) damt damde
3rd person singular damt damde
plural dammen damden
subjunctive sing.1 damme damde
subjunctive plur.1 dammen damden
imperative sing. dam
imperative plur.1 damt
participles dammend gedamd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dammen

  1. plural of dam

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dammen m

  1. definite singular of dam
  2. nickname for the Atlantic Ocean.
    over dammen - across the pond

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dammen m

  1. definite singular of dam
  2. nickname for the Atlantic Ocean.
    over dammen - across the pond

Swedish

Noun

dammen

  1. definite singular of damm
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