hamsteren

Dutch

Etymology

1917. Borrowed from German hamstern, inspired by the way hamsters use their cheek pouches to keep food for later use. Older dictionaries tend to stress the secrecy or illegality of the act.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

hamsteren

  1. to hoard (e.g. food, supplies), typically for emergencies

Inflection

Inflection of hamsteren (weak)
infinitive hamsteren
past singular hamsterde
past participle gehamsterd
infinitive hamsteren
gerund hamsteren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hamsterhamsterde
2nd person sing. (jij) hamsterthamsterde
2nd person sing. (u) hamsterthamsterde
2nd person sing. (gij) hamsterthamsterde
3rd person singular hamsterthamsterde
plural hamsterenhamsterden
subjunctive sing.1 hamsterehamsterde
subjunctive plur.1 hamsterenhamsterden
imperative sing. hamster
imperative plur.1 hamstert
participles hamsterendgehamsterd
1) Archaic.

Luxembourgish

Verb

hamsteren (third-person singular present hamstert, past participle gehamstert, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to hoard

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive hamsteren
participle gehamstert
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular hamsteren
2nd singular hamsters hamster
3rd singular hamstert
1st plural hamsteren
2nd plural hamstert hamstert
3rd plural hamsteren
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hamsteren m

  1. definite singular of hamster

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hamsteren m

  1. definite singular of hamster
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