ducken
German
Etymology
From Middle High German tucken, tücken. Pertains to tauchen (“to dive”). The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German ducken). Related to English duck.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʊkən/, [ˈdʊkən], [ˈdʊkŋ̩]
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Verb
ducken (weak, third-person singular present duckt, past tense duckte, past participle geduckt, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to duck
- Er duckte sich zu Boden und sprang. ― He ducked down then jumped.
Conjugation
infinitive | ducken | ||||
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present participle | duckend | ||||
past participle | geduckt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich ducke | wir ducken | i | ich ducke | wir ducken |
du duckst | ihr duckt | du duckest | ihr ducket | ||
er duckt | sie ducken | er ducke | sie ducken | ||
preterite | ich duckte | wir duckten | ii | ich duckte1 | wir duckten1 |
du ducktest | ihr ducktet | du ducktest1 | ihr ducktet1 | ||
er duckte | sie duckten | er duckte1 | sie duckten1 | ||
imperative | duck (du) ducke (du) |
duckt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Luxembourgish
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan (“to duck, dive”). See dauchen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduken/, [ˈdukən]
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