From ram (“battering ram”) + -en.
rammen
| Conjugation of rammen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rammen | |||
| past singular | ramde | |||
| past participle | geramd | |||
| infinitive | rammen | |||
| gerund | rammen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | ram | ramde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | ramt, ram2 | ramde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | ramt | ramde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | ramt | ramde | ||
| 3rd person singular | ramt | ramde | ||
| plural | rammen | ramden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ramme | ramde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | rammen | ramden | ||
| imperative sing. | ram | |||
| imperative plur.1 | ramt | |||
| participles | rammend | geramd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
From Ramme (“battering ram”) + -en.
rammen (weak, third-person singular present rammt, past tense rammte, past participle gerammt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | rammen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | rammend | ||||
| past participle | gerammt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich ramme | wir rammen | i | ich ramme | wir rammen |
| du rammst | ihr rammt | du rammest | ihr rammet | ||
| er rammt | sie rammen | er ramme | sie rammen | ||
| preterite | ich rammte | wir rammten | ii | ich rammte1 | wir rammten1 |
| du rammtest | ihr rammtet | du rammtest1 | ihr rammtet1 | ||
| er rammte | sie rammten | er rammte1 | sie rammten1 | ||
| imperative | ramm (du) ramme (du) |
rammt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
rammen m or f