keimen
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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
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
| 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.
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