dämmern

dämmern

German

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Verb

dämmern (third-person singular simple present dämmert, past tense dämmerte, past participle gedämmert, auxiliary haben)

1. to dawn (of day, morning); to fall (of dusk, evening)

   Es dämmert. Day is dawning. / Dusk is falling.

2. (figuratively) to dawn (jedem on someone)
3. to doze
   • 2017, Simone Meier, Kein & Aber, p. 8:

     Vor dem Fenster dämmerte die Stadt in den anbrechenden Abend hinein…

     Beyond the window the city dozed in the falling evening.