küssen

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See also: Küssen and kussen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German küssen, from Old High German kussen, from Proto-West Germanic *kussijan. Compare Dutch kussen, English kiss, Danish kysse.

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Verb

küssen (weak, third-person singular present küsst, past tense küsste, past participle geküsst, auxiliary haben)

  1. to kiss
    Sie küsste ihn nur wie eine Schwester.
    She only kissed him like a sister.
  2. (reflexive) to make out
    Sie rannten hinaus in die Dunkelheit und küssten sich.
    They ran off into the shadows and made out.

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