gamen

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English game.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːmə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ga‧men

Verb

gamen

  1. (intransitive) to play a video game

Conjugation

Conjugation of gamen (weak)
infinitive gamen
past singular gamede
past participle gegamed
infinitive gamen
gerund gamen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular game gamede
2nd person sing. (jij) gamet, game2 gamede
2nd person sing. (u) gamet gamede
2nd person sing. (gij) gamet gamede
3rd person singular gamet gamede
plural gamen gameden
subjunctive sing.1 game gamede
subjunctive plur.1 gamen gameden
imperative sing. game
imperative plur.1 gamet
participles gamend gegamed
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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Anagrams

German

Etymology

English game +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːmən/, /ˈɡɛɪ̯mən/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

gamen (weak, third-person singular present gamt or (proscribed) gamet, past tense gamte or (proscribed) gamete, past participle gegamt or (proscribed) gegamet or (proscribed) gegamed, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to play a video game
    Synonyms: daddeln, zocken
    • 2016, Christoph Ernst, Weihnachten hart + zart: 24 und eine Geschichte von acht Autoren, Kadera Verlag Günther Döscher, →ISBN:
      Die meiste Zeit haben der Weihnachtsmann und ich gegeneinander gegamt, Mimi und Hannes saßen mit roten Backen um uns rum und fieberten richtig mit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • gamen” in Duden online
  • gamen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese

Romanization

gamen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がめん

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian; equivalent to and influenced by game +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaːmən/, /ˈɡamən/, /ˈɡaːm(ə)nən/, /ˈɡam(ə)nən/
  • (from OE *gomenian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːmən/, /ˈɡɔːm(ə)nən/

Verb

gamen

  1. To entertain or enjoy oneself; to display happiness or joy.
  2. To make entertained or joyful; to amuse or cheer up.
  3. (rare) To have sex; to engage in sexual intercourse.
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Etymology 2

Noun

gamen

  1. Alternative form of game

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    gamen n

    1. game, sport, or pastime
    2. joy, mirth, or pleasure

    Declension

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    Swedish

    Noun

    gamen

    1. definite singular of gam
    2. definite plural of game

    Anagrams