hamstern

== German == === Etymology === Hamster (“hamster”) +‎ -en. The hamster is said to hoard food; compare English squirrel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhamstəʁn/, [ˈhamstɐn] === Verb === hamstern (weak, third-person singular present hamstert, past tense hamsterte, past participle gehamstert, auxiliary haben) (ambitransitive) to hoard Synonyms: horten, (informal, colloquial) bunkern ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Hamsterer, Hamsterei, Hamsterung ==== Related terms ==== Hamstern Hamsterfahrt, Hamsterkauf ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: hamsteren → Luxembourgish: hamsteren → Norwegian Bokmål: hamstre (calque) → Swedish: hamstra (calque)→ Finnish: hamstrata === Further reading === “hamstern” in Duden online “hamstern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Swedish == === Noun === hamstern definite singular of hamster