dampen

See also: dämpen

English

Etymology

From damp +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæmpən/

• Audio (UK):

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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.

Translations

make damp

• Bulgarian: навлажнявам (bg) (navlažnjavam)
• French: humecter (fr), humidifier (fr)
• German: befeuchten (de)
• Ido: arozetar (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakamākūkū
• Spanish: humedecer (es), humectar (es)
• Swedish: fukta (sv), väta (sv)

depress, lessen

• Bulgarian: обезсърчавам (bg) (obezsǎrčavam), угнетявам (bg) (ugnetjavam)
• Dutch: bedrukken (nl)
• French: déprécier (fr), rabaisser (fr)
• German: dämpfen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakanoti (a fire to prevent it burning too quickly or fiercely), kōmau
• Spanish: deprimir (es), reducir (es)
• Swedish: dämpa (sv)

become damp, to deaden

• Bulgarian: навлажнявам се (navlažnjavam se)
• French: s’humidifier, s’humecter
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Ido: humideskar (io)

Anagrams

• dampne, madnep

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Danish

Noun

dampen c

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of damp

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑmpə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dam‧pen
• Rhymes: -ɑmpən

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dampen m

1. definite singular of damp

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dampen

1. definite singular of damp