gamen

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English game.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːmə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ga‧men

Verb

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gamen

  1. (intransitive) to play a video game

Conjugation

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Conjugation of gamen (weak)
infinitive gamen
past singular gamede
past participle gegamed
infinitive gamen
gerund gamen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular game gamede
2nd person sing. (jij) gamet, game2 gamede
2nd person sing. (u) gamet gamede
2nd person sing. (gij) gamet gamede
3rd person singular gamet gamede
plural gamen gameden
subjunctive sing.1 game gamede
subjunctive plur.1 gamen gameden
imperative sing. game
imperative plur.1 gamet
participles gamend gegamed
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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German

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Etymology

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English game +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːmən/, /ˈɡɛɪ̯mən/
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Verb

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gamen (weak, third-person singular present gamt or (proscribed) gamet, past tense gamte or (proscribed) gamete, past participle gegamt or (proscribed) gegamet or (proscribed) gegamed, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to play a video game
    Synonyms: daddeln, zocken
    • 2016, Christoph Ernst, Weihnachten hart + zart: 24 und eine Geschichte von acht Autoren, Kadera Verlag Günther Döscher, →ISBN:
      Die meiste Zeit haben der Weihnachtsmann und ich gegeneinander gegamt, Mimi und Hannes saßen mit roten Backen um uns rum und fieberten richtig mit.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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Further reading

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  • gamen” in Duden online
  • gamen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Japanese

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Romanization

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gamen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がめん

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian; equivalent to and influenced by game +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaːmən/, /ˈɡamən/, /ˈɡaːm(ə)nən/, /ˈɡam(ə)nən/
  • (from OE *gomenian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːmən/, /ˈɡɔːm(ə)nən/

Verb

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gamen

  1. To entertain or enjoy oneself; to display happiness or joy.
  2. To make entertained or joyful; to amuse or cheer up.
  3. (rare) To have sex; to engage in sexual intercourse.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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gamen

  1. Alternative form of game

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną.

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    Noun

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    gamen n

    1. game, sport, or pastime
    2. joy, mirth, or pleasure

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    Swedish

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    Noun

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    gamen

    1. definite singular of gam
    2. definite plural of game

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