# gamen
## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English game.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡeːmə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ga‧men

### Verb

gamen
* (intransitive) to play a video game

#### Derived terms

* gamer

#### Related terms

* game

### Anagrams

* magen

## German
### Etymology

English game +‎ -en

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡeːmən/, /ˈɡɛɪ̯mən/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

gamen (weak, third-person singular present gamt or (proscribed) gamet, past tense gamte or (proscribed) gamete, past participle gegamt or (proscribed) gegamet or (proscribed) gegamed, auxiliary haben)
* (colloquial, intransitive) to play a video game
    Synonyms: daddeln, zocken
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#### Conjugation

$^1$Proscribed. $^2$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
$^1$Proscribed.

### Further reading

* “gamen” in Duden online
* “gamen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Japanese
### Romanization

gamen
* Rōmaji transcription of がめん

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian; equivalent to and influenced by game +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* game, gamenen, gamene, gammen, gamme
* (Early ME) gomeni, gominen, gomenin, gamine

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaːmən/, /ˈɡamən/, /ˈɡaːm(ə)nən/, /ˈɡam(ə)nən/
* (from OE *gomenian) IPA: /ˈɡɔːmən/, /ˈɡɔːm(ə)nən/

#### Verb

gamen
* To entertain or enjoy oneself; to display happiness or joy.
* To make entertained or joyful; to amuse or cheer up.
* (rare) To have sex; to engage in sexual intercourse.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) gamen, game | (to) gamen, game |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | game | gamed |
| 2nd-person singular | gamest | gamedest |
| 3rd-person singular | gameth | gamed |
| subjunctive singular | game | gamed |
| imperative singular | game | — |
| plural$^1$ | gamen, game | gameden, gamede |
| imperative plural | gameth, game | — |
| participles | gamynge, gamende | gamed, ygamed |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: gammon, game
* Scots: gamin, gammyn, gamyn, game
* Yola: gaame, gaume, gaaume

##### References

* “gāmen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-09.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

gamen
* Alternative form of game

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* gomen

### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɑ.men/

### Noun

gamen n
* game, sport, or pastime
* joy, mirth, or pleasure

#### Derived terms

* gamenian
* gamenlīċ
* gamenwāþu
* gamenwudu

#### Related terms

* gamenlīċe
* gamenung

#### Descendants

* Middle English: game, gamen, gemen, gomen, gome, gammen, gaume, gamme, gamin, gomin, gomyn, gomun, gam, geme
** English: game (see there for further descendants); (dialectal gam)
** ⇒ Fingallian: gamshoge
** Scots: gemme, gem, gyem, game
** Yola: gaame, gaume, gaaume

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gamen”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

## Swedish
### Noun

gamen
* definite singular of gam
* definite plural of game

### Anagrams

* Mange, magen