See also: dämmen, and Dämmen

Danish

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Noun

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dammen c

  1. definite singular of dam (1)
  2. definite singular of dam (3)

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑmə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: dam‧men
  • Rhymes: -ɑmən

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle French dame (dame, double checkers piece) +‎ -en.

Verb

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dammen

  1. (intransitive) to play checkers
Conjugation
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Conjugation of dammen (weak)
infinitive dammen
past singular damde
past participle gedamd
infinitive dammen
gerund dammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dam damde
2nd person sing. (jij) damt, dam2 damde
2nd person sing. (u) damt damde
2nd person sing. (gij) damt damde
3rd person singular damt damde
plural dammen damden
subjunctive sing.1 damme damde
subjunctive plur.1 dammen damden
imperative sing. dam
imperative plur.1 damt
participles dammend gedamd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • ? Akan: dam (Twi, possibly from Danish)
  • Caribbean Hindustani: dám
  • Caribbean Javanese: dham
  • Papiamentu: dam

Etymology 2

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Gerund of the verb dammen.

Noun

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dammen n (uncountable)

  1. checkers, draughts
Synonyms
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Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch dammen. Equivalent to dam +‎ -en.

Verb

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dammen

  1. (obsolete) to dam
Conjugation
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Conjugation of dammen (weak)
infinitive dammen
past singular damde
past participle gedamd
infinitive dammen
gerund dammen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular dam damde
2nd person sing. (jij) damt, dam2 damde
2nd person sing. (u) damt damde
2nd person sing. (gij) damt damde
3rd person singular damt damde
plural dammen damden
subjunctive sing.1 damme damde
subjunctive plur.1 dammen damden
imperative sing. dam
imperative plur.1 damt
participles dammend gedamd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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dammen

  1. plural of dam

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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dammen m

  1. definite singular of dam
  2. nickname for the Atlantic Ocean.
    over dammen - across the pond

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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dammen m

  1. definite singular of dam
  2. nickname for the Atlantic Ocean.
    over dammen - across the pond

Swedish

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Noun

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dammen

  1. definite singular of damm
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