neman

See also: Neman and némán

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse nema, analogically ending in -an.

Conjunction

neman

1. (obsolete) except, unless

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *neman.

Verb

neman

1. to take
2. to take away

Inflection

Conjugation of neman (strong class 4)

infinitive	neman
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	nemo, nemon	nam
2nd person singular	nimis, nimist	nāmi, nāmis
3rd person singular	nimit	nam
1st person plural	nemon	nāmun
2nd person plural	nemet	nāmut
3rd person plural	nemont	nāmun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	neme	nāmi
2nd person singular	nemes, nemest	nāmi, nāmis
3rd person singular	neme	nāmi
1st person plural	nemen	nāmin
2nd person plural	nemet	nāmit
3rd person plural	nemen	nāmin
imperative	present
singular	nem, nim
plural	nemet
participle	present	past
	nemandi	numan, ginuman

Derived terms

• ananeman
• avaneman
• bineman
• farneman
• gineman

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: nēmen
  • Dutch: nemen
    • Afrikaans: neem
    • Jersey Dutch: nême
    • Negerhollands: neem
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: nemek, name
  • Limburgish: naeme, nömme

Further reading

• “neman”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *neman.

Verb

neman

1. to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of neman (strong class 4)

infinitive	neman
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	nimu, nimo	nam
2nd person singular	nimis, nimist	nāmi
3rd person singular	nimit	nam
1st person plural	nemem, nememēs	nāmum, nāmumēs
2nd person plural	nemet	nāmut
3rd person plural	nemant	nāmun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	neme	nāmi
2nd person singular	nemēs, nemēst	nāmīs, nāmīst
3rd person singular	neme	nāmi
1st person plural	nemēm, nememēs	nāmīm, nāmīmēs
2nd person plural	nemēt	nāmīt
3rd person plural	nemēn	nāmīn
imperative	present
singular	nim
plural	nemet
participle	present	past
	nemanti	ginoman

Derived terms

• ūzneman

Descendants

• Middle High German: nëmen
  • Alemannic German: nää, nee, nèè, nä, në
  • Central Franconian: nemme

    Hunsrik: nemme

  • Cimbrian: nemmen
  • German: nehmen
  • Rhine Franconian:

    Pennsylvania German: nemme

  • Vilamovian: naoma
  • Yiddish: נעמען (nemen)

References

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014

Old Saxon

Verb

neman

1. Alternative form of niman

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nêmaːn/
• Hyphenation: ne‧man

Noun

nȅmān f (Cyrillic spelling не̏ма̄н)

1. monster (also figuratively)

   Synonyms: čudovište, mònstrum

Declension

Declension of neman

	singular	plural
nominative	neman	nemani
genitive	nemani	nemani
dative	nemani	nemanima
accusative	neman	nemani
vocative	nemani	nemani
locative	nemani	nemanima
instrumental	nemanju	nemanima

Further reading

• “neman”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024