keimen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German kīmen, from kīm, kīme (“sprout”) (see Keim). Supplanted or merged with Middle High German kīnen (“to sprout”), from Old High German kīnan, from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (“to germinate; sprout”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ̯mən/, [ˈkʰaɪ̯mn̩]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: kei‧men
Verb
keimen (weak, third-person singular present keimt, past tense keimte, past participle gekeimt, auxiliary haben), intransitive
- to sprout, germinate
- to stir (e.g. hope)
- to form (e.g. thought, decision)
- to awaken (e.g. love, yearning)
Conjugation
Conjugation of keimen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | keimen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | keimend | ||||
| past participle | gekeimt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich keime | wir keimen | i | ich keime | wir keimen |
| du keimst | ihr keimt | du keimest | ihr keimet | ||
| er keimt | sie keimen | er keime | sie keimen | ||
| preterite | ich keimte | wir keimten | ii | ich keimte1 | wir keimten1 |
| du keimtest | ihr keimtet | du keimtest1 | ihr keimtet1 | ||
| er keimte | sie keimten | er keimte1 | sie keimten1 | ||
| imperative | keim (du) keime (du) |
keimt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of keimen (weak, auxiliary haben)