tosen
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tosen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German, from Old High German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þausōną (“to surge, roar, flow”), which is imitative. See also Old English þys (“tempest, storm”), Old Norse þyssa (“uproar, tumult”), Icelandic þysja (“to rush”).
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tosen (weak, third-person singular present tost, past tense toste, past participle getost, auxiliary haben or sein)
Conjugation edit
infinitive | tosen | ||||
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present participle | tosend | ||||
past participle | getost | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich tose | wir tosen | i | ich tose | wir tosen |
du tost | ihr tost | du tosest | ihr toset | ||
er tost | sie tosen | er tose | sie tosen | ||
preterite | ich toste | wir tosten | ii | ich toste1 | wir tosten1 |
du tostest | ihr tostet | du tostest1 | ihr tostet1 | ||
er toste | sie tosten | er toste1 | sie tosten1 | ||
imperative | tos (du) tose (du) |
tost (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Further reading edit
- “tosen” in Duden online
- “tosen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “tosen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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tosen
Middle English edit
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Etymology edit
From Old English *tāsan, from Proto-West Germanic *taisan, from Proto-Germanic *taisaną. Compare tesen.
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tosen (third-person singular simple present toseth, present participle tosende, tosynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tosed) (Late Middle English)
- To card (straighten the fibres of) wool.
- (figuratively, rare) To dissect or examine.
- (rare) To pull the wool off sheep.
- (rare) To attack, injure.
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1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
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References edit
- “tōse, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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tosen