rammen
Dutch
Etymology
From ram (“battering ram”) + -en.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɑmən
Verb
rammen
- (transitive) to ram, to intentionally collide with (a ship or car or building) with the intention of damaging or sinking it
- (transitive) to strike (something) hard
Conjugation
| Conjugation of rammen (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rammen | |||
| past singular | ramde | |||
| past participle | geramd | |||
| infinitive | rammen | |||
| gerund | rammen n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | ram | ramde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | ramt, ram2 | ramde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | ramt | ramde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | ramt | ramde | ||
| 3rd person singular | ramt | ramde | ||
| plural | rammen | ramden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | ramme | ramde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | rammen | ramden | ||
| imperative sing. | ram | |||
| imperative plur.1 | ramt | |||
| participles | rammend | geramd | ||
| 1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. | ||||
Derived terms
- geramd zitten
- potenrammen
- ramkraak
German
Etymology
From Ramme (“battering ram”) + -en.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁamən/
Audio: (file)
Verb
rammen (weak, third-person singular present rammt, past tense rammte, past participle gerammt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to ram
Conjugation
Conjugation of rammen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | rammen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | rammend | ||||
| past participle | gerammt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich ramme | wir rammen | i | ich ramme | wir rammen |
| du rammst | ihr rammt | du rammest | ihr rammet | ||
| er rammt | sie rammen | er ramme | sie rammen | ||
| preterite | ich rammte | wir rammten | ii | ich rammte1 | wir rammten1 |
| du rammtest | ihr rammtet | du rammtest1 | ihr rammtet1 | ||
| er rammte | sie rammten | er rammte1 | sie rammten1 | ||
| imperative | ramm (du) ramme (du) |
rammt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of rammen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- einrammen (“to pile, to drive piles into”)
- festrammen (“to ram”)
- Rammbär (“battering ram; tup”)
- Rammbock (“battering ram”)
- Rammklotz (“tup”)
- Rammpfahl (“pile”)
- Rammsporn (“ram bow”)
Further reading
- “rammen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “rammen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “rammen” in Duden online
- “rammen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Noun
rammen m or f
- definite masculine singular of ramme