duschen

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German

Etymology

See Dusche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduːʃən/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʊʃən/ (some speakers, perhaps dated)
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Verb

duschen (weak, third-person singular present duscht, past tense duschte, past participle geduscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive or reflexive) to shower
    Ich dusche (mich) jeden Tag.
    I shower every day.
  2. (transitive) to shower someone or something (e.g. a child, a portion of one's body)

Usage notes

  • The construction eine Dusche nehmen (literally to take a shower) is unusual, unlike ein Bad nehmen (to take a bath), which is common (though less so than baden).

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Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From the noun Dusch (shower), after French se doucher and German duschen.

Pronunciation

Verb

duschen (third-person singular present duscht, past participle geduscht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to shower

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive duschen
participle geduscht
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular duschen
2nd singular duschs dusch
3rd singular duscht
1st plural duschen
2nd plural duscht duscht
3rd plural duschen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Swedish

Noun

duschen

  1. definite singular of dusch