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Etymology edit

Probably from German pochen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔxə(n)/
  • (file)

Verb edit

pochen

  1. to brag

Inflection edit

Inflection of pochen (weak)
infinitive pochen
past singular pochte
past participle gepocht
infinitive pochen
gerund pochen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular poch pochte
2nd person sing. (jij) pocht pochte
2nd person sing. (u) pocht pochte
2nd person sing. (gij) pocht pochte
3rd person singular pocht pochte
plural pochen pochten
subjunctive sing.1 poche pochte
subjunctive plur.1 pochen pochten
imperative sing. poch
imperative plur.1 pocht
participles pochend gepocht
1) Archaic.

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Etymology edit

From Middle High German bochen, puchen, from Proto-Germanic *puk-, which is probably imitative. Or, perhaps related to French poquer (move in pétanque).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔxn̩/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: po‧chen

Verb edit

pochen (weak, third-person singular present pocht, past tense pochte, past participle gepocht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to thump, to throb
  2. to insist [+ auf (object)]

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Verb edit

pochen

  1. inflection of pochar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative