dämmen

See also: dammen and Dämmen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German temmen, from Old High German -temmen in bitemmen. The modern consonantism is Central and Low German as in Damm (compare Middle Low German demmen).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛmən/, [ˈdɛmən], [ˈdɛmm̩]
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Verb

dämmen (weak, third-person singular present dämmt, past tense dämmte, past participle gedämmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to dam
  2. to insulate (a building)

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “dämmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “dämmen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “dämmen” in Duden online
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