timen

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See also: timën

Danish

Noun

timen c sg

  1. definite singular of time

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English time.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ti‧men

Verb

timen

  1. (transitive) to time (measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something)
  2. (transitive) to time (choose when something commences)

Conjugation

Conjugation of timen (weak)
infinitive timen
past singular timede
past participle getimed
infinitive timen
gerund timen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular time timede
2nd person sing. (jij) timet, time2 timede
2nd person sing. (u) timet timede
2nd person sing. (gij) timet timede
3rd person singular timet timede
plural timen timeden
subjunctive sing.1 time timede
subjunctive plur.1 timen timeden
imperative sing. time
imperative plur.1 timet
participles timend getimed
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English time.

Pronunciation

Verb

timen (weak, third-person singular present timt or (proscribed) timet, past tense timte or (proscribed) timete, past participle getimt or (proscribed) getimet or (proscribed) getimed, auxiliary haben)

  1. to time (e.g. with a stopwatch)

Usage notes

  • Inflected forms except timen (infinitive; 1. and 3. person plural indicative present active) and the past participle might be rare, at least in writing.
  • In the forms with stem time- (er timet, er timete, er hatte getimet or getimed) the e often is silent (as in timet, timete, getimet) but sometimes it's not (as in timen).
  • The forms with stem time- are proscribed.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

timen

  1. alternative form of temen (to give birth, to support)

Etymology 2

From Old English tīmian, from Proto-Germanic *tīmōną; equivalent to tyme (time) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

timen

  1. To take place; to come to pass.
  2. To experience life or happenings.
  3. To select when something happens.
Conjugation
Conjugation of timen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) timen, time
present tense past tense
1st-person singular time timed
2nd-person singular timest timedest
3rd-person singular timeth timed
subjunctive singular time
imperative singular
plural1 timen, time timeden, timede
imperative plural timeth, time
participles timynge, timende timed, ytimed

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: time
References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

timen m sg

  1. definite singular of time

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

timen m sg

  1. definite singular of time

Spanish

Verb

timen

  1. inflection of timar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative