German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German quetzen, possibly influenced or from Old French quasser (to break). Cognate with Middle Low German quattern, Dutch kwetsen.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkvɛtʃən/, [ˈkʰvɛtʃn̩]
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Verb

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quetschen (weak, third-person singular present quetscht, past tense quetschte, past participle gequetscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to squeeze, to squish

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “quetschen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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  • quetschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • quetschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • quetschen” in Duden online
  • quetschen” in OpenThesaurus.de