gammeln
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Borrowed from German Low German and Middle Low German gamelen, from Old Saxon *gamal (attested in the past participle gigamalōd), from Proto-Germanic *gamalaz (“weak, old”).
Cognate to Old English gamolian. The verb pertains to an adjective meaning “old” attested in Middle Dutch gamel, Old English gamol, Old Norse gamall (whence forms in all modern Scandinavian languages).
gammeln (weak, third-person singular present gammelt, past tense gammelte, past participle gegammelt, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | gammeln | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | gammelnd | ||||
past participle | gegammelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gammle ich gammele ich gammel |
wir gammeln | i | ich gammele ich gammle |
wir gammeln |
du gammelst | ihr gammelt | du gammelest du gammlest |
ihr gammelet ihr gammlet | ||
er gammelt | sie gammeln | er gammele er gammle |
sie gammeln | ||
preterite | ich gammelte | wir gammelten | ii | ich gammelte1 | wir gammelten1 |
du gammeltest | ihr gammeltet | du gammeltest1 | ihr gammeltet1 | ||
er gammelte | sie gammelten | er gammelte1 | sie gammelten1 | ||
imperative | gammle (du) gammel (du) gammele (du) |
gammelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Originally a southern German dialect word. Derived from Middle High German gamel, variant of gamen (“amusement”), from Old High German gaman, from Proto-West Germanic *gaman. Related to English game.
gammeln (weak, third-person singular present gammelt, past tense gammelte, past participle gegammelt, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | gammeln | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | gammelnd | ||||
past participle | gegammelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich gammle ich gammele ich gammel |
wir gammeln | i | ich gammele ich gammle |
wir gammeln |
du gammelst | ihr gammelt | du gammelest du gammlest |
ihr gammelet ihr gammlet | ||
er gammelt | sie gammeln | er gammele er gammle |
sie gammeln | ||
preterite | ich gammelte | wir gammelten | ii | ich gammelte1 | wir gammelten1 |
du gammeltest | ihr gammeltet | du gammeltest1 | ihr gammeltet1 | ||
er gammelte | sie gammelten | er gammelte1 | sie gammelten1 | ||
imperative | gammle (du) gammel (du) gammele (du) |
gammelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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