dammen

See also: dämmen and Dämmen

Danish

Noun

dammen c

  1. definite singular of dam (1)
  2. definite singular of dam (3)

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑmə(n)/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: dam‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɑmən

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French dame (“dame, double checkers piece”) +‎ -en.

Verb

dammen

  1. (intransitive) to play checkers
Inflection
Inflection of dammen (weak)
infinitive dammen
past singular damde
past participle gedamd
infinitive dammen
gerund dammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular damdamde
2nd person sing. (jij) damtdamde
2nd person sing. (u) damtdamde
2nd person sing. (gij) damtdamde
3rd person singular damtdamde
plural dammendamden
subjunctive sing.1 dammedamde
subjunctive plur.1 dammendamden
imperative sing. dam
imperative plur.1 damt
participles dammendgedamd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • →? Akan: dam (Twi, possibly from Danish)
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: dám
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dham
  • → Papiamentu: dam

Etymology 2

Gerund of the verb dammen.

Noun

dammen n (uncountable)

  1. checkers, draughts
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch dammen. Equivalent to dam +‎ -en.

Verb

dammen

  1. (obsolete) to dam
Inflection
Inflection of dammen (weak)
infinitive dammen
past singular damde
past participle gedamd
infinitive dammen
gerund dammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular damdamde
2nd person sing. (jij) damtdamde
2nd person sing. (u) damtdamde
2nd person sing. (gij) damtdamde
3rd person singular damtdamde
plural dammendamden
subjunctive sing.1 dammedamde
subjunctive plur.1 dammendamden
imperative sing. dam
imperative plur.1 damt
participles dammendgedamd
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dammen

  1. plural of dam

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dammen m

  1. definite singular of dam
  2. nickname for the Atlantic Ocean.
    over dammen - across the pond

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dammen m

  1. definite singular of dam
  2. nickname for the Atlantic Ocean.
    over dammen - across the pond

Swedish

Noun

dammen

  1. definite singular of damm
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