framen

Borrowed from English frame.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʁeːmən/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

framen (weak, third-person singular present framt or (proscribed) framet, past tense framte or (proscribed) framete, past participle geframt or geframed or (proscribed) geframet, auxiliary haben)

1. to frame (construct in words so as to establish a context for understanding or interpretation)
   • 2012 July 17, Patrick Beuth, “Framing – Gesucht wird ein besseres Wort für Smartphone”, in Zeit Online‎^[1]:

     In den USA gibt es nach der Veröffentlichung der Überwachungszahlen nun Versuche, die Geräte neu zu framen – also durch eine Umbenennung auf die weniger positiven Seiten hinzuweisen. Der Name beeinflusst schließlich die Einstellung zum Produkt.

     In the US there are now, according to publications of the surveillance numbers, attempts to reframe the items – i.e. pointing out the less positive aspects by renaming it. The name influences the attitude towards the product after all.

• As with other verbs of English origin where ⟨a⟩, ⟨i⟩ correspond to [ɛɪ̯], [aɪ̯], the conjugated forms commonly (but unofficially) retain the -e- (as in er *framet, sie *framete etc.).

• German verbs borrowed from English can optionally form the past participle (Partizip II) in -ed in two cases^[1]
  1. The English verb ends in a silent ⟨e⟩:

     English like → German liken → geliked (previously only gelikt)

  2. The verb's past participle is usually not inflected:

     English relax → German relaxen → relaxed (previously only relaxt)

• But -ed- is not permitted when the participle is inflected, thus:

  meine gelikten Bilder (not meine *gelikeden Bilder)

  ein relaxter Abend (not ein *relaxeder Abend)