hamsteren

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Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

hamsteren

  1. definite singular of hamster

Dutch

Etymology

1916 or 1917. Borrowed from German hamstern, inspired by the way hamsters use their cheek pouches to keep food for later use. Older dictionaries tend to stress the secrecy or illegality of the act. Equivalent to hamster +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɑm.stə.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ham‧ste‧ren

Verb

hamsteren

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hoard (e.g. food, supplies), typically for emergencies
    Italianen hamsteren pasta, Nederlanders wiet en Amerikanen machinegeweren.
    Italians hoard pasta, Dutch people weed and Americans machine guns.
    De winkel is vol hamsterende bejaarden.
    The shop is full of hoarding elderly people.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hamsteren (weak)
infinitive hamsteren
past singular hamsterde
past participle gehamsterd
infinitive hamsteren
gerund hamsteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hamster hamsterde
2nd person sing. (jij) hamstert, hamster2 hamsterde
2nd person sing. (u) hamstert hamsterde
2nd person sing. (gij) hamstert hamsterde
3rd person singular hamstert hamsterde
plural hamsteren hamsterden
subjunctive sing.1 hamstere hamsterde
subjunctive plur.1 hamsteren hamsterden
imperative sing. hamster
imperative plur.1 hamstert
participles hamsterend gehamsterd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from German hamstern.

Pronunciation

Verb

hamsteren (third-person singular present hamstert, past participle gehamstert, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to hoard

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive hamsteren
participle gehamstert
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular hamsteren
2nd singular hamsters hamster
3rd singular hamstert
1st plural hamsteren
2nd plural hamstert hamstert
3rd plural hamsteren

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hamsteren m

  1. definite singular of hamster

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hamsteren m

  1. definite singular of hamster