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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German summen, ultimately imitative. Compare German Low German summen (“to buzz, hum”), Saterland Frisian sumje (“to buzz, hum”), Middle English summen (“to buzz, hum”), Dutch zoemen (“to buzz”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]summen (weak, third-person singular present summt, past tense summte, past participle gesummt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | summen | ||||
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present participle | summend | ||||
past participle | gesummt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich summe | wir summen | i | ich summe | wir summen |
du summst | ihr summt | du summest | ihr summet | ||
er summt | sie summen | er summe | sie summen | ||
preterite | ich summte | wir summten | ii | ich summte1 | wir summten1 |
du summtest | ihr summtet | du summtest1 | ihr summtet1 | ||
er summte | sie summten | er summte1 | sie summten1 | ||
imperative | summ (du) summe (du) |
summt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]- “summen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “summen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “summen” in Duden online
- “summen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]summen m
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]summen m
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