tasten

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Verb

tasten

  1. third-person plural present indicative of tastar

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tasten, from Old French taster, from Vulgar Latin taxitō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑstə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: tas‧ten
  • Rhymes: -ɑstən

Verb

tasten

  1. (intransitive) to feel with the hands, to grope

Inflection

Inflection of tasten (weak)
infinitive tasten
past singular tastte
past participle getast
infinitive tasten
gerund tasten n
present tense past tense
1st person singular tast tastte
2nd person sing. (jij) tast tastte
2nd person sing. (u) tast tastte
2nd person sing. (gij) tast tastte
3rd person singular tast tastte
plural tasten tastten
subjunctive sing.1 taste tastte
subjunctive plur.1 tasten tastten
imperative sing. tast
imperative plur.1 tast
participles tastend getast
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From northern Middle High German and Middle Low German tasten, from Middle Dutch tasten, from Old French taster, from Vulgar Latin *tastare, from *taxitare, from Latin taxare. Cognate with Dutch tasten, French tâter, English taste.

Pronunciation

Verb

tasten (weak, third-person singular present tastet, past tense tastete, past participle getastet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to feel with the hands, to fumble, to grope

Conjugation

Conjugation of tasten (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive tasten
present participle tastend
past participle getastet
auxiliary haben
indicative subjunctive
singular plural singular plural
present ich taste wir tasten i ich taste wir tasten
du tastest ihr tastet du tastest ihr tastet
er tastet sie tasten er taste sie tasten
preterite ich tastete wir tasteten ii ich tastete1 wir tasteten1
du tastetest ihr tastetet du tastetest1 ihr tastetet1
er tastete sie tasteten er tastete1 sie tasteten1
imperative tast (du)
taste (du) 		tastet (ihr)

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of tasten (weak, auxiliary haben)
perfect
singular plural singular plural
indicative ich habe getastet wir haben getastet subjunctive ich habe getastet wir haben getastet
du hast getastet ihr habt getastet du habest getastet ihr habet getastet
er hat getastet sie haben getastet er habe getastet sie haben getastet
pluperfect
indicative ich hatte getastet wir hatten getastet subjunctive ich hätte getastet wir hätten getastet
du hattest getastet ihr hattet getastet du hättest getastet ihr hättet getastet
er hatte getastet sie hatten getastet er hätte getastet sie hätten getastet
future i
infinitive tasten werden subjunctive i ich werde tasten wir werden tasten
du werdest tasten ihr werdet tasten
er werde tasten sie werden tasten
indicative ich werde tasten wir werden tasten subjunctive ii ich würde tasten wir würden tasten
du wirst tasten ihr werdet tasten du würdest tasten ihr würdet tasten
er wird tasten sie werden tasten er würde tasten sie würden tasten
future ii
infinitive getastet haben werden subjunctive i ich werde getastet haben wir werden getastet haben
du werdest getastet haben ihr werdet getastet haben
er werde getastet haben sie werden getastet haben
indicative ich werde getastet haben wir werden getastet haben subjunctive ii ich würde getastet haben wir würden getastet haben
du wirst getastet haben ihr werdet getastet haben du würdest getastet haben ihr würdet getastet haben
er wird getastet haben sie werden getastet haben er würde getastet haben sie würden getastet haben

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French taster, from Vulgar Latin tastō, from Latin taxō.

Verb

tasten

  1. To taste
    • c. 1393, John Gower, Confessio Amantis, 4.2546-7:
      Wherof a man mai hiere and se
      And smelle and taste in his degre
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (with of) To partake in or ingest
    • 1987, Rolf Hendrik Bremmer, The Fyve Wyttes: A late Middle English Devotional Treatise Edited form BL MS Harley 2398, pg 27, l 7-8:
      whenne Adam tastede of pe appui he wiste neuer whefrer it was sowr or swete, ne for pe swetnesse fcerof was he nou3t repreued, bot for forfete азепз Godes [lawe].
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. To examine by touch; grope; palpate
    • c. 15th c,, The Romance of Merlin, folio la, ch XXXIII, pg 681.
      Merlin leide his heed in the damesels lappe, and she be-gan to taste softly till he fill on slepe
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. To experience, feel (with sexual connotation)
    • c. 1393, John Gower, Confessio Amantis, 5.6692-5:
      Mi fader, nay; bot I have tasted
      In many a place as I have go,
      And yit love I nevere on of tho,
      Bot forto drive forth the dai.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  5. To try, test, tempt

Descendants

  • English: taste

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tasten m

  1. definite singular of tast

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tasten m

  1. definite singular of tast
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