rammen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑmən

Verb

rammen

1. (transitive) To ram, to intentionally collide with (a ship or car or building) with the intention of damaging or sinking it.
2. (transitive) To strike (something) hard.

   After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.

Inflection

Conjugation of rammen (weak)
infinitive	rammen
past singular	ramde
past participle	geramd
infinitive	rammen
gerund	rammen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	ram	ramde
2nd person sing. (jij)	ramt, ram2	ramde
2nd person sing. (u)	ramt	ramde
2nd person sing. (gij)	ramt	ramde
3rd person singular	ramt	ramde
plural	rammen	ramden
subjunctive sing.1	ramme	ramde
subjunctive plur.1	rammen	ramden
imperative sing.	ram
imperative plur.1	ramt
participles	rammend	geramd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

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German

Etymology

From Ramme (“battering ram”) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁamən/

• Audio:

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Verb

1. (transitive) to ram

Derived terms

• einrammen (“to pile, to drive piles into”)
• festrammen (“to ram”)
• Rammbär (“battering ram; tup”)
• Rammbock (“battering ram”)
• Rammklotz (“tup”)
• Rammpfahl (“pile”)
• Rammsporn (“ram bow”)

Further reading

• “rammen” in Duden online

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ramma

Noun

rammen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of ramme