timen

See also: timën

Danish

Noun

timen c sg

  1. definite singular of time

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English time.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtaɪ̯mən]
  • (file)

Verb

timen (third-person singular simple present timt or timet, past tense timte or timete, past participle getimt or getimet or getimed, auxiliary haben)

  1. to time (e.g. with a stopwatch)

Usage notes

  • Inflected forms except timen (infinitive; 1. and 3. person plural indicative present active) and the past participle might be rare, at least in writing.
  • In the forms with stem time- (er timet, er timete, er hatte getimet or getimed) the e often is silent (as in timet, timete, getimet) but sometimes it's not (as in timen).
  • The forms with stem time- are proscribed.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tēmen.

Verb

timen

  1. Alternative form of temen (to give birth, to support)

Etymology 2

From Old English tīmian, from Proto-Germanic *tīmōną.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtiːmən/

Verb

timen

  1. To take place; to come to pass.
  2. To experience life or happenings.
  3. To select when something happens.
Conjugation
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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

timen m sg

  1. definite singular of time

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

timen m sg

  1. definite singular of time

Spanish

Verb

timen

  1. Second-person plural (ustedes) imperative form of timar.
  2. Second-person plural (ustedes) present subjunctive form of timar.
  3. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes?) present subjunctive form of timar.
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