quaschen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cwessen, quace, quasshen, quasse, quassen, qwaschyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French quasser, from Latin quassō, a form of quatiō influenced by cassō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwaʃən/, /ˈkwasən/

Verb

quaschen (third-person singular simple present quascheth, present participle quaschende, quaschynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quasched)

1. To crush or smash physically.
2. To quash or smash; to defeat in detail.
3. To make void or cancel; to render inoperative.
4. (rare) To move from side to side; to shake.

Conjugation

Conjugation of quaschen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) quaschen, quasche
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	quasche	quasched
2nd-person singular	quaschest	quaschedest
3rd-person singular	quascheth	quasched
subjunctive singular	quasche
imperative singular		—
plural1	quaschen, quasche	quascheden, quaschede
imperative plural	quascheth, quasche	—
participles	quaschynge, quaschende	quasched, yquasched

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: quash

References

• “quashen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-09-20.