eichen
See also: Eichen
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German eichen, īchen, from Old High German *īkōn, from Proto-West Germanic *īkwōn (“to measure, gauge”).
Verb
editeichen (weak, third-person singular present eicht, past tense eichte, past participle geeicht, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | eichen | ||||
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present participle | eichend | ||||
past participle | geeicht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich eiche | wir eichen | i | ich eiche | wir eichen |
du eichst | ihr eicht | du eichest | ihr eichet | ||
er eicht | sie eichen | er eiche | sie eichen | ||
preterite | ich eichte | wir eichten | ii | ich eichte1 | wir eichten1 |
du eichtest | ihr eichtet | du eichtest1 | ihr eichtet1 | ||
er eichte | sie eichten | er eichte1 | sie eichten1 | ||
imperative | eich (du) eiche (du) |
eicht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle High German eichīn, from Old High German eihhīn, from Proto-Germanic *aikīnaz, equivalent to Eiche + -en.
Adjective
editeichen (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular eichener, not comparable)
- (relational) oak; made of oak
Declension
editPositive forms of eichen (uncomparable, no predicate)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | — | — | — | — | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | eichener | eichene | eichenes | eichene |
genitive | eichenen | eichener | eichenen | eichener | |
dative | eichenem | eichener | eichenem | eichenen | |
accusative | eichenen | eichene | eichenes | eichene | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der eichene | die eichene | das eichene | die eichenen |
genitive | des eichenen | der eichenen | des eichenen | der eichenen | |
dative | dem eichenen | der eichenen | dem eichenen | den eichenen | |
accusative | den eichenen | die eichene | das eichene | die eichenen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein eichener | eine eichene | ein eichenes | (keine) eichenen |
genitive | eines eichenen | einer eichenen | eines eichenen | (keiner) eichenen | |
dative | einem eichenen | einer eichenen | einem eichenen | (keinen) eichenen | |
accusative | einen eichenen | eine eichene | ein eichenes | (keine) eichenen |
Further reading
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- Rhymes:German/aɪ̯çən
- German terms derived from Latin
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
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- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German lemmas
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- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- German adjectives without predicate
- German relational adjectives