keimen

== German == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaɪ̯mən/, [ˈkʰaɪ̯mn̩] Hyphenation: kei‧men === Verb === keimen (weak, third-person singular present keimt, past tense keimte, past participle gekeimt, auxiliary haben), intransitive to sprout, germinate to stir (e.g. hope) to form (e.g. thought, decision) to awaken (e.g. love, yearning) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (to sprout): sprießen (all senses?): entstehen, sich bilden, erwachsen ==== Related terms ==== Keim auskeimen verkeimen Keimling === Further reading === “keimen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “keimen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “keimen” in Duden online “keimen” in OpenThesaurus.de