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Etymology

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Probably from German pochen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔxə(n)/
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Verb

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pochen

  1. to brag

Inflection

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Conjugation 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, poch2 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. 2) In case of inversion.

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to thump, to throb
  2. to insist [with auf]

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Spanish

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Verb

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pochen

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