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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.