wassern
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German wazzeren, wazzern, akin to Middle Low German wāteren, Middle Dutch wateren.
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Verb
editwassern (weak, third-person singular present wassert, past tense wasserte, past participle gewassert, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive, aviation) to land on water [auxiliary sein]
- Im Unterschied zu den Sowjets wasserten die US-Amerikaner immer im Ozean mit ihren bemannten Flügen.
- In contrast to the Soviets, the US Americans landed always in the ocean with their human space flights.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | wassern | ||||
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present participle | wassernd | ||||
past participle | gewassert | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wassre ich wassere ich wasser |
wir wassern | i | ich wassere ich wassre |
wir wassern |
du wasserst | ihr wassert | du wasserest du wassrest |
ihr wasseret ihr wassret | ||
er wassert | sie wassern | er wassere er wassre |
sie wassern | ||
preterite | ich wasserte | wir wasserten | ii | ich wasserte1 | wir wasserten1 |
du wassertest | ihr wassertet | du wassertest1 | ihr wassertet1 | ||
er wasserte | sie wasserten | er wasserte1 | sie wasserten1 | ||
imperative | wassre (du) wasser (du) wassere (du) |
wassert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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