timmeren

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch timmeren, from Old Dutch timbren, from Proto-West Germanic *timrijan, from Proto-Germanic *timrijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪ.mə.rə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: tim‧me‧ren

Verb

timmeren

1. to perform carpentry, to build, to construct
2. to hammer

Inflection

Conjugation of timmeren (weak)
infinitive	timmeren
past singular	timmerde
past participle	getimmerd
infinitive	timmeren
gerund	timmeren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	timmer	timmerde
2nd person sing. (jij)	timmert, timmer2	timmerde
2nd person sing. (u)	timmert	timmerde
2nd person sing. (gij)	timmert	timmerde
3rd person singular	timmert	timmerde
plural	timmeren	timmerden
subjunctive sing.1	timmere	timmerde
subjunctive plur.1	timmeren	timmerden
imperative sing.	timmer
imperative plur.1	timmert
participles	timmerend	getimmerd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Descendants

• Negerhollands: timmer
• → Sranan Tongo: temre

See also

• timmerman

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch timbren, from Proto-West Germanic *timrijan.

Verb

timmeren

1. to build (especially out of wood)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• timberen

Descendants

• Dutch: timmeren
• Limburgish: tömmere

Further reading

• “timmeren (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “timmeren”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN