gamen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English game.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːmə(n)/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ga‧men

Verb

gamen

1. (intransitive) to play a video game

Inflection

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.

Anagrams

• magen

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German

Etymology

English game +‎ -en

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡeːmən/, /ˈɡɛɪ̯mən/

• Audio:

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Verb

1. (colloquial, intransitive) to play a video game
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     Die meiste Zeit haben der Weihnachtsmann und ich gegeneinander gegamt, Mimi und Hannes saßen mit roten Backen um uns rum und fieberten richtig mit.

Further reading

• “gamen” in Duden online

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Japanese

Romanization

gamen

1. Rōmaji transcription of がめん

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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• game, gamenen, gamene, gammen, gamme
• (Early ME) gomeni, gominen, gomenin, gamine

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːmən/, /ˈɡamən/, /ˈɡaːm(ə)nən/, /ˈɡam(ə)nən/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːmən/, /ˈɡɔːm(ə)nən/

Verb

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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gamen (weak)

infinitive	(to) gamen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	game	gamede
2nd person singular	gamest	gamedest
3rd person singular	gameþ, gameth	gamede
plural	gamen	gameden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	game	gamede
plural	gamen	gameden
imperative	present
singular	game
plural	gameþ, gameth
participle	present	past
	gamende, gaminge	gamed, ygamed

Descendants

• English: game

References

• “gāmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-09.

Etymology 2

From Old English gamen, gomen.

Noun

gamen

1. Alternative form of game

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Old English

Alternative forms

• gomen

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gamaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑ.men/

Noun

gamen n

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

Declension

Declension of gamen (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gamen	gamen
accusative	gamen	gamen
genitive	gamenes	gamena
dative	gamene	gamenum

Derived terms

• gamenian

Descendants

• Middle English: game, gamen, gemen, gomen, gome, gammen, gaume, gamme, gamin, gomin, gomyn, gomun, gam, geme
  • English: game (see there for further descendants); (dialectal gam)
  • ⇒ Fingallian: gamshoge
  • Scots: gemme, gem, gyem, game
  • Yola: gaame, gaume, gaaume

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gamen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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Swedish

Noun

gamen

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of gam

Anagrams

• magen