dreschen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German dreschen, from Old High German dreskan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną. Compare Low German dörschen, Dutch dorsen, English thresh, Danish tærske.
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dreschen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present drischt, past tense drosch, past participle gedroschen, past subjunctive drösche, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to thresh; to thrash
Conjugation edit
infinitive | dreschen | ||||
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present participle | dreschend | ||||
past participle | gedroschen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich dresche | wir dreschen | i | ich dresche | wir dreschen |
du drischst du drischt1 |
ihr drescht | du dreschest | ihr dreschet | ||
er drischt | sie dreschen | er dresche | sie dreschen | ||
preterite | ich drosch | wir droschen | ii | ich drösche2 | wir dröschen2 |
du droschst | ihr droscht | du dröschest2 du dröschst2 |
ihr dröschet2 ihr dröscht2 | ||
er drosch | sie droschen | er drösche2 | sie dröschen2 | ||
imperative | drisch (du) | drescht (ihr) |
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German dreschen, from Old High German dreskan, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną. Cognate with German dreschen, English thresh, Dutch dorsen, Icelandic þreskja.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
dreschen (third-person singular present drescht, past participle gedresch, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to thresh
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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infinitive | dreschen | |
participle | gedresch | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | dreschen | — |
2nd singular | dreschs | dresch |
3rd singular | drescht | — |
1st plural | dreschen | — |
2nd plural | drescht | drescht |
3rd plural | dreschen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |