tauschen

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See also: Tauschen and täuschen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tiuschen, which is derived from tūschen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯ʃən/,
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  • Hyphenation: tau‧schen

Verb

tauschen (weak, third-person singular present tauscht, past tense tauschte, past participle getauscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to trade, to exchange, to swap, to barter
    Er tauschte die Büroklammer gegen einen Stift.
    He exchanged the paper clip for a pen.
  2. (transitive, figurative) to do something mutually; to swap circumstances
    die Plätze tauschento trade places
    Küsse tauschento share a kiss
    Grüße tauschento trade greetings

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