lahmen

From Middle High German lamen, from Middle High German lam, from Old High German lam, from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”). Equivalent to lahm +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːmən/, [laːmː] (Germany)
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːmɛn/ (Austria)

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lahmen

1. inflection of lahm:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Akin to English lame.

lahmen (third-person singular simple present lahmt, past tense lahm, past participle lahmt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to lame
2. to walk lamely