duschen

See also: Duschen

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).

Conjugation

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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈduʃen/, [ˈduʃən]

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
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