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See also: Hamstern
German
Etymology
Hamster (“hamster”) + -en. The hamster is said to hoard food; compare English squirrel.
Pronunciation
Verb
hamstern (weak, third-person singular present hamstert, past tense hamsterte, past participle gehamstert, auxiliary haben)
- (ambitransitive) to hoard
- 2022 October 10, Friedrich Küppersbusch, “Deutsche Bahn, Gaspreis und Elon Musk: Globale Superhirne”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
- Biden hat vor der atomaren Bedrohung durch Russland gewarnt. Müssen wir Jodtabletten hamstern?
- Biden warned of the nuclear threat posed by Russia. Do we need to be hoarding iodine tablets?
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Hamsterer, Hamsterei, Hamsterung
Related terms
- Hamstern
- Hamsterfahrt, Hamsterkauf
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Noun
hamstern
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