dampen

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See also: dämpen

English

Etymology

From damp +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdæmpən/
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Verb

dampen (third-person singular simple present dampens, present participle dampening, simple past and past participle dampened)

  1. (transitive) To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.
  2. (intransitive) To become damp or moist.
  3. (transitive) To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.
    • 1883 "Pomona's Daughter", Frank R. Stockton, in The Century, vol. XXVI, number 1, May, page 25
      He was dreadfully familiar with everything, and talked about some places we were longing to see in a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm.
    • 2007 October 16, Jane E. Brody, “Despite Strides, Listeria Needs Vigilance”, The New York Times,
      Pregnant women are 20 times as likely as other healthy young women to contract listeriosis, probably because in pregnancy the immune system is dampened to prevent rejection of the fetus.
  4. (intransitive) To become damped or deadened.

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Danish

Noun

dampen c

  1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of damp

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From damp +‎ -en. The meaning “to vape” is a semantic loan from English.

Verb

dampen

  1. (intransitive) to steam, to give off steam or smoke
  2. (intransitive) to vape (to inhale the vapour of an electronic cigarette)
    Synonym: vapen
Inflection
Conjugation of dampen (weak)
infinitive dampen
past singular dampte
past participle gedampt
infinitive dampen
gerund dampen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular damp dampte
2nd person sing. (jij) dampt, damp2 dampte
2nd person sing. (u) dampt dampte
2nd person sing. (gij) dampt dampte
3rd person singular dampt dampte
plural dampen dampten
subjunctive sing.1 dampe dampte
subjunctive plur.1 dampen dampten
imperative sing. damp
imperative plur.1 dampt
participles dampend gedampt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dampen

  1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of damp

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dampen m

  1. definite singular of damp

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dampen

  1. definite singular of damp