bugsieren

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch boegseren, from Portuguese puxar with influence of boeg (the cognate of German Bug (bow of a ship)), from Latin pulsare. Doublet of pulsieren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buˈksiːrən/, [bu-], [ˌbʊ-], [ˌbuː-], [-ˈksiː.ʁən], [ˈksiː.ɐn], [ˈksi(ː)ɐ̯n]
  • (file)
  • (file)

Verb

bugsieren (weak, third-person singular present bugsiert, past tense bugsierte, past participle bugsiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to tow a ship
  2. (colloquial) to put something in a place; to move something

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • Bug (secondary relation)

Descendants

  • Polish: buksować

Further reading

  • bugsieren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bugsieren” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bugsieren” in Duden online
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