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English
Alternative forms
Noun
wimmen
- Eye dialect spelling of women.
1903, Jack London, The People of the Abyss:"But women," I suggested, when he had finished proclaiming booze the sole end of existence.
"Wimmen!" He thumped his pot upon the bar and orated eloquently. "Wimmen is a thing my edication 'as learnt me t' let alone."
German
Etymology
From Middle High German wimmen, windemen, from Old High German windemōn, ultimately from Latin vindemiō, itself from vinum + demō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪmən/
- Hyphenation: wim‧men
Verb
wimmen (weak, third-person singular present wimmt, past tense wimmte, past participle gewimmt, auxiliary haben)
- (Switzerland, viticulture) to hold/keep a vintage (grape harvest) (clarification of this definition is needed)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
wimmen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
wimmen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “wimmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “wimmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon