grimmen
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch grimmen, from Old Dutch *grimman, from Proto-West Germanic *grimman, from Proto-Germanic *grimmaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɣrɪ.mə(n)/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: grim‧men
- Rhymes: -ɪmən
Verb
grimmen
Conjugation
| Conjugation of grimmen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | grimmen | |||
| past singular | grimde | |||
| past participle | gegrimd | |||
| infinitive | grimmen | |||
| gerund | grimmen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | grim | grimde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | grimt, grim2 | grimde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | grimt | grimde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | grimt | grimde | ||
| 3rd person singular | grimt | grimde | ||
| plural | grimmen | grimden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | grimme | grimde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | grimmen | grimden | ||
| imperative sing. | grim | |||
| imperative plur.1 | grimt | |||
| participles | grimmend | gegrimd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *grimman, from Proto-West Germanic *grimman.
Verb
grimmen
- to be angry, to rage
- to growl, to snarl
- to grin or smile (at something not humorous, or to hide displeasure)
Inflection
| infinitive | base form | grimmen | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | grimmens | ||||||
| dative | grimmene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | grimme | — | grimme | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | grims, grimmes | — | grims, grimmes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | grimt, grimmet | — | grimme | — | |||
| 1st person plural | grimmen | — | grimmen | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | grimt, grimmet | — | grimt, grimmet | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | grimmen | — | grimmen | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | grim, grimme | ||||||
| plural | grimt, grimmet | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | grimmende | — | |||||
Further reading
- “grimmen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “grimmen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN