tuchen

See also: Tuchen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːχn̩/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German tuochīn, tüechīn, equivalent to Tuch +‎ -en.

Adjective

tuchen (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular tuchener, not comparable)

  1. (relational) cloth
Declension

Etymology 2

Verb

tuchen (weak, third-person singular present tucht, past tense tuchte, past participle getucht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to make (cloth)
  2. (transitive, nautical) to fold (cloth sails)
Conjugation

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German *tūhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan, from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈtuːxən/

Verb

tūchen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present tūchet, past tense touch, past participle getochen, past subjunctive tüche, auxiliary sīn)

  1. (intransitive) to dive, to duck, to submerge, to become submerged

Conjugation

Descendants

  • German: tauchen

References

  • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “tuchen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel