keimen

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, weak) to sprout, germinate
  2. (intransitive, weak) to stir (e.g. hope)
  3. (intransitive, weak) to form (e.g. thought, decision)
  4. (intransitive, weak) to awaken (e.g. love, yearning)

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kyyme

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

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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