flammen
See also: Flammen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German vlammen. Equivalent to Flamme + -en.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editflammen (weak, third-person singular present flammt, past tense flammte, past participle geflammt, auxiliary haben)
- (now chiefly solemn or poetic) to flame (burn with a flame, also figuratively)
- Synonym: lodern
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan[1], Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 458:
- Er setzte an: da trat Buck vor, straff aufgerichtet, und seine Augen flammten wieder, wie in der tragisch verlaufenen Wahlversammlung.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | flammen | ||||
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present participle | flammend | ||||
past participle | geflammt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich flamme | wir flammen | i | ich flamme | wir flammen |
du flammst | ihr flammt | du flammest | ihr flammet | ||
er flammt | sie flammen | er flamme | sie flammen | ||
preterite | ich flammte | wir flammten | ii | ich flammte1 | wir flammten1 |
du flammtest | ihr flammtet | du flammtest1 | ihr flammtet1 | ||
er flammte | sie flammten | er flammte1 | sie flammten1 | ||
imperative | flamm (du) flamme (du) |
flammt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editMiddle English
editVerb
editflammen
- Alternative form of flawmen
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editflammen m
Norwegian Nynorsk
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editflammen m or f
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