duschen
See also: Duschen
German edit
Etymology edit
See Dusche.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈduːʃən/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈdʊʃən/ (some speakers, perhaps dated)
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Verb edit
duschen (weak, third-person singular present duscht, past tense duschte, past participle geduscht, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive or reflexive) to shower
- Ich dusche (mich) jeden Tag.
- I shower every day.
- (transitive) to shower someone or something (e.g. a child, a portion of one's body)
Usage notes edit
- The construction eine Dusche nehmen (literally “to take a shower”) is unusual, unlike ein Bad nehmen (“to take a bath”), which is common (though less so than baden).
Conjugation edit
infinitive | duschen | ||||
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present participle | duschend | ||||
past participle | geduscht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich dusche | wir duschen | i | ich dusche | wir duschen |
du duschst du duscht1 |
ihr duscht | du duschest | ihr duschet | ||
er duscht | sie duschen | er dusche | sie duschen | ||
preterite | ich duschte | wir duschten | ii | ich duschte2 | wir duschten2 |
du duschtest | ihr duschtet | du duschtest2 | ihr duschtet2 | ||
er duschte | sie duschten | er duschte2 | sie duschten2 | ||
imperative | dusch (du) dusche (du) |
duscht (ihr) |
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms edit
- brausen (rare)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
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Further reading edit
Luxembourgish edit
Etymology edit
From the noun Dusch (“shower”), after French se doucher and German duschen.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
duschen (third-person singular present duscht, past participle geduscht, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to shower
Conjugation edit
Regular | ||
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infinitive | duschen | |
participle | geduscht | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | duschen | — |
2nd singular | duschs | dusch |
3rd singular | duscht | — |
1st plural | duschen | — |
2nd plural | duscht | duscht |
3rd plural | duschen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Swedish edit
Noun edit
duschen