dempen

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See also: dëmpen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dempen, from Old Dutch *dempen, from Proto-Germanic *dampijaną (“to cause to smoke/emit vapour”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛmpə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: dem‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɛmpən

Verb

dempen

  1. (transitive) to diminish, to dampen, to subdue, to dim, to make faint or less pronounced
  2. (transitive) to fill in, to put material into to reduce depth

Conjugation

Conjugation of dempen (weak)
infinitive dempen
past singular dempte
past participle gedempt
infinitive dempen
gerund dempen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular demp dempte
2nd person sing. (jij) dempt, demp2 dempte
2nd person sing. (u) dempt dempte
2nd person sing. (gij) dempt dempte
3rd person singular dempt dempte
plural dempen dempten
subjunctive sing.1 dempe dempte
subjunctive plur.1 dempen dempten
imperative sing. demp
imperative plur.1 dempt
participles dempend gedempt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: dèmpel, dempel
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