himmeln
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Himmel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]himmeln (weak, third-person singular present himmelt, past tense himmelte, past participle gehimmelt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, intransitive, uncommon) to look at the sky; to ogle (to stare amorously)
- 1907, Heinrich Mann, Zwischen den Rassen[1], München: Albert Langen:
- Am Sonntag nachmittag hatte Jenny gesungen: etwas peinlich Sentimentales, wobei sie himmelte und die Fingerspitzen auf die Brust setzte.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | himmeln | ||||
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present participle | himmelnd | ||||
past participle | gehimmelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich himmle ich himmele ich himmel |
wir himmeln | i | ich himmele ich himmle |
wir himmeln |
du himmelst | ihr himmelt | du himmelest du himmlest |
ihr himmelet ihr himmlet | ||
er himmelt | sie himmeln | er himmele er himmle |
sie himmeln | ||
preterite | ich himmelte | wir himmelten | ii | ich himmelte1 | wir himmelten1 |
du himmeltest | ihr himmeltet | du himmeltest1 | ihr himmeltet1 | ||
er himmelte | sie himmelten | er himmelte1 | sie himmelten1 | ||
imperative | himmle (du) himmel (du) himmele (du) |
himmelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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