germer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germināre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.me/
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Verb

germer

  1. to germinate

Conjugation

Conjugation of germer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple germer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple germant
/ʒɛʁ.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle germé
/ʒɛʁ.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present germe
/ʒɛʁm/ 		germes
/ʒɛʁm/ 		germe
/ʒɛʁm/ 		germons
/ʒɛʁ.mɔ̃/ 		germez
/ʒɛʁ.me/ 		germent
/ʒɛʁm/
imperfect germais
/ʒɛʁ.mɛ/ 		germais
/ʒɛʁ.mɛ/ 		germait
/ʒɛʁ.mɛ/ 		germions
/ʒɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ 		germiez
/ʒɛʁ.mje/ 		germaient
/ʒɛʁ.mɛ/
past historic2 germai
/ʒɛʁ.me/ 		germas
/ʒɛʁ.ma/ 		germa
/ʒɛʁ.ma/ 		germâmes
/ʒɛʁ.mam/ 		germâtes
/ʒɛʁ.mat/ 		germèrent
/ʒɛʁ.mɛʁ/
future germerai
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ 		germeras
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ 		germera
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ 		germerons
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ 		germerez
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ 		germeront
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional germerais
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		germerais
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		germerait
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		germerions
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		germeriez
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁje/ 		germeraient
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present germe
/ʒɛʁm/ 		germes
/ʒɛʁm/ 		germe
/ʒɛʁm/ 		germions
/ʒɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ 		germiez
/ʒɛʁ.mje/ 		germent
/ʒɛʁm/
imperfect2 germasse
/ʒɛʁ.mas/ 		germasses
/ʒɛʁ.mas/ 		germât
/ʒɛʁ.ma/ 		germassions
/ʒɛʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		germassiez
/ʒɛʁ.ma.sje/ 		germassent
/ʒɛʁ.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — germe
/ʒɛʁm/ 		— germons
/ʒɛʁ.mɔ̃/ 		germez
/ʒɛʁ.me/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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