timen

Danish

Noun

timen c sg

1. definite singular of time

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English time.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: ti‧men

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

• Timen, Timer, Timung
• timend, getimt

Related terms

• Timer m
• Timing n

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tēmen.

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

• tymen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːmən/

Verb

timen

1. To take place; to come to pass.
2. To experience life or happenings.
3. To select when something happens.

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: time

References

• “tīmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.

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