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German
Etymology
Harm + -en
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛʁmən/
- Hyphenation: här‧men
Verb
härmen (weak, third-person singular present härmt, past tense härmte, past participle gehärmt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or reflexive) to worry
1793, Johann Heinrich Voß, Ilias [Iliad], Insel Verlag, published 1990, →ISBN, lines 240-244:Wahrlich vermißt wird Achilleus hinfort von den Söhnen Achaias / Allzumal; dann suchst du umsonst, wie sehr du dich härmest, / Rettung, wenn sie in Scharen, vom männermordenden Hektor / Niedergestürzt, hinsterben; und tief in der Seele zernagt dich / Zürnender Gram, daß den besten der Danaer nichts du geehret!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
härmen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
härmen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “härmen” in Duden online
- “härmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache