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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-trimmen.ogg|Audio}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-trimmen.ogg}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ɪmən}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ɪmən|s=2}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
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# to [[trim]] the hair of a dog or a horse
# to [[trim]] the hair of a dog or a horse


====Inflection====
====Conjugation====
{{nl-conj-wk|trim|trimme}}
{{nl-conj-wk|trim|trimme}}

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==German==
==German==
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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
Late 19th century, at first in nautical parlance, from {{bor|de|en|trim}}, from {{der|de|ang|trymman}}. For the sense “work out” compare the Dutch entry above.
Late 19th century, at first in nautical parlance, from {{bor|de|en|trim}}, from {{der|de|ang|trymman}}. For the sense “work out” compare the Dutch entry above.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/ˈtʁɪmən/}}
* {{audio|de|De-trimmen.ogg}}
* {{hyph|de|trim|men}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
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# {{lb|de|nautical|aviation}} to [[trim]]
# {{lb|de|nautical|aviation}} to [[trim]]
# {{lb|de|of a dog's hair, a man's beard}} to [[trim]]
# to [[trim]] (a dog's hair, a man's beard, etc.)
# {{lb|de|with {{m|de|auf}}}} to give someone the [[appearance]], [[look]], [[air]] of
# {{lb|de|with {{m|de|auf}}}} to give the [[appearance]], [[look]] or [[air]] (of); to [[decorate]] (as); to [[make up|make (someone/something) up]] (as) {{+obj|de|acc<someone/something> + :auf(predicate&adjective)<in a particular way>}}
#: {{ux|de|Wir haben das Restaurant als antik getrimmt.|We '''made''' the restaurant '''look''' antique/'''decorated''' the restaurant in an antique style.}}
# {{lb|de|with {{m|de|auf}}}} to [[drill]] or [[condition]] someone for (some behaviour or mindset)
# {{lb|de|transitive}} to [[drill]] or [[condition]] {{+obj|de|acc<someone> + :auf(acc)<for a behaviour/behavior or mindset>}}
# {{lb|de|reflexive|dated}} to [[work out]], to keep oneself [[physical]]ly [[fit]] through [[exercise]] {{defdate|chiefly 1970s and 80s}}
# {{lb|de|reflexive|dated}} to [[work out]], to keep oneself [[physical]]ly [[fit]] through [[exercise]] {{defdate|chiefly 1970s and 80s}}


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====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
* {{l|de|Trimmen}}, {{l|de|Trimmer}}, {{l|de|Trimmung}}
* {{l|de|Trimm-dich-Pfad}}
* {{l|de|Trimm-dich-Pfad}}, {{l|de|Trimm-dich-Rad}}

Latest revision as of 11:42, 18 September 2024

Dutch

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Etymology

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Ca. 1900, from English trim, from Old English trymman. The sense “work out” perhaps after the English expression keep in trim. This sense appears simultaneously in Dutch and German in the later 1960s, so one may have borrowed it from the other.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪmən

Verb

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trimmen

  1. to work out, especially to jog
  2. to trim the hair of a dog or a horse

Conjugation

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Conjugation of trimmen (weak)
infinitive trimmen
past singular trimde
past participle getrimd
infinitive trimmen
gerund trimmen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular trim trimde
2nd person sing. (jij) trimt, trim2 trimde
2nd person sing. (u) trimt trimde
2nd person sing. (gij) trimt trimde
3rd person singular trimt trimde
plural trimmen trimden
subjunctive sing.1 trimme trimde
subjunctive plur.1 trimmen trimden
imperative sing. trim
imperative plur.1 trimt
participles trimmend getrimd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

German

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Etymology

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Late 19th century, at first in nautical parlance, from English trim, from Old English trymman. For the sense “work out” compare the Dutch entry above.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɪmən/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: trim‧men

Verb

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trimmen (weak, third-person singular present trimmt, past tense trimmte, past participle getrimmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (nautical, aviation) to trim
  2. to trim (a dog's hair, a man's beard, etc.)
  3. (with auf) to give the appearance, look or air (of); to decorate (as); to make (someone/something) up (as) [with accusative ‘someone/something’ and auf (+ predicate adjective) ‘in a particular way’]
    Wir haben das Restaurant als antik getrimmt.
    We made the restaurant look antique/decorated the restaurant in an antique style.
  4. (transitive) to drill or condition [with accusative ‘someone’ and auf (+ accusative) ‘for a behaviour/behavior or mindset’]
  5. (reflexive, dated) to work out, to keep oneself physically fit through exercise [chiefly 1970s and 80s]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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