See also: Wechseln

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German wëhseln, from Old High German *wehsalōn, from Proto-Germanic *wihslōną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (to change). Compare Dutch wisselen, Luxembourgish wiesselen, dialectal English wissle, more distantly Latin vicis, English week, German Woche.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛksl̩n]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: wech‧seln

Verb edit

wechseln (weak, third-person singular present wechselt, past tense wechselte, past participle gewechselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to change, to exchange
  2. to switch
  3. to swap
  4. to vary
  5. to shift

Conjugation edit

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Further reading edit

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