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German
Etymology
From Middle High German wischen, from Old High German wisken, from Proto-Germanic *wiskijaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
wischen (weak, third-person singular present wischt, past tense wischte, past participle gewischt, auxiliary haben)
- to wipe
- to mop, scrub
- Synonyms: (Switzerland) fegen, (Northern Germany) feudeln
- (Switzerland) to sweep
- Synonym: kehren
2017, Simone Meier, Fleisch, Kein & Aber, page 27:Dann holte sie Besen und Schaufel, wischte ein paar tote Kakerlaken zusammen und ging damit Richtung Klo.- Then she got a dustpan and brush, swept up a pair of dead cockroaches and headed for the toilet.
- (neologism, graphical user interface) to swipe
2023 January 11, Paul Weinheimer, “Ausstellung „Flying Foxes“: Kapitalismuskritik mit Megayacht”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Jeder Beitrag wird „gelikt“, danach wird weiter gewischt: Die Rolle der User*in übernimmt ein Bot, er likt und scrollt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
wischen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
wischen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
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