nemme

See also: nemmé

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German nëmen, from Old High German neman, from Proto-West Germanic *neman. Compare German nehmen, Dutch nemen, Old English niman.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛmə/

Verb

nemme (third-person singular present nemmp, preterite nohm, past participle jenomme)

  1. (Ripuarian) to take

Usage notes

  • The second and third persons singular of the present have a vowel change /ɛ//e/, which is not reflected in spelling. The preterite has /ɔː/. The past participle has /o/, less often /ɔ/.
  • Virtually all dialects of Moselle Franconian lack this verb, using hole, holle instead.

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛmə/, [ˈnɛmə]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse næmi, from Proto-Germanic *nēmiją, related to the following word.

Noun

nemme n (singular definite nemmet, not used in plural form)

  1. (rare) understanding, learning ability
Declension
Declension of nemme
neuter
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative nemme nemmet
genitive nemmes nemmets

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse nema, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (to take), cognate with German nehmen.

Verb

nemme (past tense nemmede, past participle nemmet)

  1. (rare) to learn
Conjugation
Conjugation of nemme
active passive
present nemmer nemmes
past nemmede nemmedes
infinitive nemme nemmes
imperative nem
participle
present nemmende
past nemmet
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund nemmen

References

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

nemme

  1. plural and definite singular attributive of nem

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German nëmen, from Old High German neman, from Proto-West Germanic *neman.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɛmə/

Verb

nemme

  1. to take

Derived terms

  • mitnemme
  • wechnemme
  • zunemme
  • zuricknemme

Further reading

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German nëmen, from Old High German neman, from Proto-West Germanic *neman. Compare German nehmen, Dutch nemen, Old English niman.

Verb

nemme

  1. to take, to appropriate
  2. to receive