germer
See also: Germer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin germināre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.me/
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Verb
germer
- to germinate
Conjugation
Conjugation of germer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | germer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | germant /ʒɛʁ.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | germé /ʒɛʁ.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | germe /ʒɛʁm/ | germes /ʒɛʁm/ | germe /ʒɛʁm/ | germons /ʒɛʁ.mɔ̃/ | germez /ʒɛʁ.me/ | germent /ʒɛʁm/ |
imperfect | germais /ʒɛʁ.mɛ/ | germais /ʒɛʁ.mɛ/ | germait /ʒɛʁ.mɛ/ | germions /ʒɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ | germiez /ʒɛʁ.mje/ | germaient /ʒɛʁ.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | germai /ʒɛʁ.me/ | germas /ʒɛʁ.ma/ | germa /ʒɛʁ.ma/ | germâmes /ʒɛʁ.mam/ | germâtes /ʒɛʁ.mat/ | germèrent /ʒɛʁ.mɛʁ/ | |
future | germerai /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ | germeras /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ | germera /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ | germerons /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | germerez /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ | germeront /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | germerais /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | germerais /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | germerait /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | germerions /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | germeriez /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁje/ | germeraient /ʒɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | germe /ʒɛʁm/ | germes /ʒɛʁm/ | germe /ʒɛʁm/ | germions /ʒɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ | germiez /ʒɛʁ.mje/ | germent /ʒɛʁm/ |
imperfect2 | germasse /ʒɛʁ.mas/ | germasses /ʒɛʁ.mas/ | germât /ʒɛʁ.ma/ | germassions /ʒɛʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ | germassiez /ʒɛʁ.ma.sje/ | germassent /ʒɛʁ.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | germe /ʒɛʁm/ | — | germons /ʒɛʁ.mɔ̃/ | germez /ʒɛʁ.me/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “germer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.