plustern
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ca. 1600, from Middle Low German plûsteren, iterative of plûsen (“to pick, pluck”). The sense developed from the way that chickens and other poultry groom their plumage. Cognate with Middle Dutch plûusteren; compare also Modern Dutch pluizen. Further origin uncertain; possibly from Old French peluchier.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
plustern (weak, third-person singular present plustert, past tense plusterte, past participle geplustert, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to fluff up, puff up (principally of birds, but also cats etc.)
- (reflexive, figurative) to prance, boast, behave showily
Conjugation edit
infinitive | plustern | ||||
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present participle | plusternd | ||||
past participle | geplustert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich plustre ich plustere ich pluster |
wir plustern | i | ich plustere ich plustre |
wir plustern |
du plusterst | ihr plustert | du plusterest du plustrest |
ihr plusteret ihr plustret | ||
er plustert | sie plustern | er plustere er plustre |
sie plustern | ||
preterite | ich plusterte | wir plusterten | ii | ich plusterte1 | wir plusterten1 |
du plustertest | ihr plustertet | du plustertest1 | ihr plustertet1 | ||
er plusterte | sie plusterten | er plusterte1 | sie plusterten1 | ||
imperative | plustre (du) pluster (du) plustere (du) |
plustert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
- aufplustern (synonymous with the simplex and more common)
- plusterig, plustrig
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