germer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germināre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.me/
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Verb

germer

  1. to germinate

Conjugation
Conjugation of germer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle germant
/ʒɛʁ.mɑ̃/
past participle germé
/ʒɛʁ.me/
infinitive
simple germer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple germant
/ʒɛʁ.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present germe
/ʒɛʁm/		 germes
/ʒɛʁm/		 germe
/ʒɛʁm/		 germons
/ʒɛʁ.mɔ̃/		 germez
/ʒɛʁ.me/		 germent
/ʒɛʁm/
imperfect germais
/ʒɛʁ.mɛ/		 germais
/ʒɛʁ.mɛ/		 germait
/ʒɛʁ.mɛ/		 germions
/ʒɛʁ.mjɔ̃/		 germiez
/ʒɛʁ.mje/		 germaient
/ʒɛʁ.mɛ/
past historic2 germai
/ʒɛʁ.me/		 germas
/ʒɛʁ.ma/		 germa
/ʒɛʁ.ma/		 germâmes
/ʒɛʁ.mam/		 germâtes
/ʒɛʁ.mat/		 germèrent
/ʒɛʁ.mɛʁ/
future germerai
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁe/		 germeras
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁa/		 germera
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁa/		 germerons
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/		 germerez
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁe/		 germeront
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional germerais
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 germerais
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 germerait
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 germerions
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 germeriez
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁje/		 germeraient
/ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present germe
/ʒɛʁm/		 germes
/ʒɛʁm/		 germe
/ʒɛʁm/		 germions
/ʒɛʁ.mjɔ̃/		 germiez
/ʒɛʁ.mje/		 germent
/ʒɛʁm/
imperfect2 germasse
/ʒɛʁ.mas/		 germasses
/ʒɛʁ.mas/		 germât
/ʒɛʁ.ma/		 germassions
/ʒɛʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/		 germassiez
/ʒɛʁ.ma.sje/		 germassent
/ʒɛʁ.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — germe
/ʒɛʁm/		 — germons
/ʒɛʁ.mɔ̃/		 germez
/ʒɛʁ.me/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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