keimen
Meaning
- (intransitive, weak) to sprout, germinate
- (intransitive, weak) to stir (e.g. hope)
- (intransitive, weak) to form (e.g. thought, decision)
- (intransitive, weak) to awaken (e.g. love, yearning)
Synonyms
hervorwachsen
sich entwickeln
Keime treiben
Keime entwickeln
hervorsprießen
emporsprießen
hervorquellen
Knospen treiben
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkaɪ̯mən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German kīmen, from kīm, kīme (“sprout”) (see Keim). Supplanted or merged with Middle High German kīnen (“to sprout”), from Old High German kīnan, from Proto-Germanic *kīnaną (“to germinate; sprout”).
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