zähmen

From Old High German zemmen, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną. The long vowel is due to analogy with zahm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsɛː.mən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtseː.mən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

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• Hyphenation: zäh‧men

zähmen (weak, third-person singular present zähmt, past tense zähmte, past participle gezähmt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to tame
   • 2000s, Wumpscut, Verflucht bis ihr verhungert

     Sie kamen über Berge zu zähmen all das Land

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• Zähmen, Zähmer, Zähmung
• zähmend, gezähmt

• zahm

• “zähmen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “zähmen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “zähmen” in Duden online
• “zähmen” in OpenThesaurus.de