From Middle High German zëmen, Old High German zëman. Cognate with Old Saxon tëman (archaic English teem), Dutch betamen (“to be proper, suit”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (gatiman).[1]
ziemen (weak, third-person singular present ziemt, past tense ziemte, past participle geziemt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | ziemen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | ziemend | ||||
| past participle | geziemt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | — | — | i | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es ziemt | — | es zieme | — | ||
| preterite | — | — | ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es ziemte | — | es ziemte1 | — | ||
| imperative | — | — | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
| perfect | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es hat geziemt | — | es habe geziemt | — | ||
| pluperfect | |||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es hatte geziemt | — | es hätte geziemt | — | ||
| future i | |||||
| infinitive | ziemen werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
| — | — | ||||
| es werde ziemen | — | ||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es wird ziemen | — | es würde ziemen | — | ||
| future ii | |||||
| infinitive | geziemt haben werden | subjunctive i | — | — | |
| — | — | ||||
| es werde geziemt haben | — | ||||
| indicative | — | — | subjunctive ii | — | — |
| — | — | — | — | ||
| es wird geziemt haben | — | es würde geziemt haben | — | ||