German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German tucken, tücken. Pertains to tauchen (to dive). The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German ducken). Related to English duck.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʊkən/, [ˈdʊkən], [ˈdʊkŋ̩]
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Verb

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ducken (weak, third-person singular present duckt, past tense duckte, past participle geduckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to duck
    Er duckte sich zu Boden und sprang.He ducked down then jumped.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ducken” in Duden online
  • ducken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan (to duck, dive). See dauchen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈduken/, [ˈdukən]

Verb

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ducken (third-person singular present duckt, past participle geduckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (reflexive) to duck

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive ducken
participle geduckt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular ducken
2nd singular ducks duck
3rd singular duckt
1st plural ducken
2nd plural duckt duckt
3rd plural ducken
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.