"zeman" meaning in Old High German

See zeman in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *temaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*temaną}} Proto-Germanic *temaną Head templates: {{head|goh|verb|head=zëman|head2=|sort=}} zëman, {{goh-verb|head=zëman}} zëman Inflection templates: {{goh-conj-st|zëm|zam|zām|gizoman|class=4|mutstem=zim}} Forms: zëman [canonical], strong [table-tags], zëman [infinitive], zimu [first-person, present, singular], zimo [first-person, present, singular], zam [first-person, past, singular], zimis [present, second-person, singular], zimist [present, second-person, singular], zāmi [past, second-person, singular], zimit [present, singular, third-person], zam [past, singular, third-person], zëmem [first-person, plural, present], zëmemēs [first-person, plural, present], zāmum [first-person, past, plural], zāmumēs [first-person, past, plural], zëmet [plural, present, second-person], zāmut [past, plural, second-person], zëmant [plural, present, third-person], zāmun [past, plural, third-person], zëme [first-person, present, singular], zāmi [first-person, past, singular], zëmēs [present, second-person, singular], zëmēst [present, second-person, singular], zāmīs [past, second-person, singular], zāmīst [past, second-person, singular], zëme [present, singular, third-person], zāmi [past, singular, third-person], zëmēm [first-person, plural, present], zāmīm [first-person, past, plural], zāmīmēs [first-person, past, plural], zëmēt [plural, present, second-person], zāmīt [past, plural, second-person], zëmēn [plural, present, third-person], zāmīn [past, plural, third-person], zim [present, singular], zëmet [plural, present], zëmanti [present], gizoman [past], gizëman [alternative]
  1. be fitting (impersonal)
    Sense id: en-zeman-goh-verb-aMwlTDHE Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 44 20 36
  2. be meet (impersonal)
    Sense id: en-zeman-goh-verb-WEA-E8LQ Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 44 20 36
  3. be necessary (impersonal)
    Sense id: en-zeman-goh-verb-8bzwWCGT Categories (other): Old High German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 44 20 36
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "zëmen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: zëmen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: zëmen; gezëmen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "ziemen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: ziemen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: ziemen; geziemen; ziemlich"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*temaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *temaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *temaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zëman",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "4",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëman",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimist",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmemēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmumēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmēst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmēm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīmēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmēn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zim",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmanti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gizoman",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gizëman",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "zëman",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "zëman",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "zëman"
      },
      "expansion": "zëman",
      "name": "goh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zëm",
        "2": "zam",
        "3": "zām",
        "4": "gizoman",
        "class": "4",
        "mutstem": "zim"
      },
      "name": "goh-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 20 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be fitting (impersonal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-zeman-goh-verb-aMwlTDHE",
      "links": [
        [
          "fitting",
          "fitting"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 20 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be meet (impersonal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-zeman-goh-verb-WEA-E8LQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 20 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be necessary (impersonal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-zeman-goh-verb-8bzwWCGT",
      "links": [
        [
          "necessary",
          "necessary"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "zeman"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old High German class 4 strong verbs",
    "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old High German lemmas",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German verbs",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zza:Time"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "zëmen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: zëmen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: zëmen; gezëmen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "ziemen"
          },
          "expansion": "German: ziemen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "German: ziemen; geziemen; ziemlich"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*temaną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *temaną",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *temaną.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "zëman",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "4",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëman",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimist",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zimit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmemēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmumēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmēst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëme",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmēm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīmēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmēn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zāmīn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zim",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zëmanti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gizoman",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gizëman",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "zëman",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "zëman",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "zëman"
      },
      "expansion": "zëman",
      "name": "goh-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zëm",
        "2": "zam",
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        "class": "4",
        "mutstem": "zim"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "be fitting (impersonal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fitting",
          "fitting"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "be meet (impersonal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "be necessary (impersonal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "necessary",
          "necessary"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "zeman"
}

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