# dimme
## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

dimme
* inflection of dimmen:
** first-person singular present
** singular imperative
** first/third-person singular subjunctive I

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

Clipping of dimittere.

#### Verb

dimme (present tense dimmer, past tense dimma or dimmet, past participle dimma or dimmet)
* (colloquial, military, transitive) to discharge after military service
* (colloquial, military, intransitive) to be discharged after military service

##### Derived terms

* dimmefest
* dimmepenger

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse dimma (“darkness; darken”, noun and verb). The sense of dimming one's headlights is borrowed from English, but is ultimately of the same origin. Related to dim.

#### Verb

dimme (present tense dimmer, past tense dimte, past participle dimt)
* (intransitive) to become blurry, darken
* (transitive) to blur, to make dark(er)
dimme (present tense dimmer, past tense dimma or dimmet, past participle dimma or dimmet)
* (automotive) to switch one's headlamps from high-beam to low-beam, to dim one's headlights

##### Usage notes

* The verb is usually conjugated as a type 2 weak verb:
** å dimme – dimmer – dimte – har dimt.
* In the sense of dimming one's headlights, a type 1 weak verb conjugation is used:
** å dimme – dimmer – dimma/dimmet – har dimma/dimmet.

#### Noun

dimme f or m (definite singular dimma or dimmen, indefinite plural dimmer, definite plural dimmene)
* twilight, half darkness
* blurriness in the air

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

dimme
* inflection of dim:
** definite singular
** plural

### References

* “dimme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Clipping of dimittere.

#### Alternative forms

* dimma (a infinitive)

#### Verb

dimme (present tense dimmar, past tense dimma, imperative dim, supine and past participle dimma, present participle dimmande)
* (colloquial, military, transitive) to discharge after military service
* (colloquial, military, intransitive) to be discharged after military service

##### Derived terms

* dimmefest

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse dimma (“darkness; darken”, noun and verb). The sense of dimming one's headlights is borrowed from English, but is ultimately of the same origin.

#### Alternative forms

* dimma (verb, a infinitive)

#### Verb

dimme (present tense dimmar or dimmer, past tense dimma or dimde or dimte, imperative dim, supine dimt, past participle dimd or dimt, present participle dimmande) (see usage notes)
* (intransitive) to become blurry, darken
* (transitive) to blur, to make dark(er)
* (automotive) to switch one's headlamps from high-beam to low-beam, to dim one's headlights

##### Usage notes

* The verb is usually conjugated like an e-verb
** (å dimme – dimmer – dimde/dimte – har dimt)
* But in the sense of changing one's headlamp configuration to low-beam, an a-verb conjugation may be used
** (å dimme – dimmar/dimmer – dimma/dimde/dimte – har dimma/dimt)

##### Derived terms

* dimmast

##### Related terms

* dim

#### Noun

dimme f (definite singular dimma, indefinite plural dimmer, definite plural dimmene)
* twilight, half darkness, blurriness

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Adjective

dimme
* inflection of dim:
** definite singular
** plural

### References

* “dimme” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdim.me/

### Adjective

dimme
* inflection of dimm:
** strong accusative feminine singular
** strong instrumental masculine/neuter singular
** strong nominative/accusative masculine/feminine plural
** weak nominative feminine/neuter singular
** weak accusative neuter singular