waschen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German waschen, from Old High German wascan, waskan, from Proto-West Germanic *waskan.
Cognate with Low German waschen, Dutch wassen, English wash, West Frisian waskje, Danish vaske.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaʃən/
- Hyphenation: wa‧schen
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Verb
waschen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present wäscht, past tense wusch, past participle gewaschen, past subjunctive wüsche, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or reflexive or intransitive or transitive with dative reflexive pronoun) to wash
- Wasch dir die Hände, bevor du zu Tisch gehst.
- Wash your hands before you sit down to eat.
Conjugation
infinitive | waschen | ||||
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present participle | waschend | ||||
past participle | gewaschen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wasche | wir waschen | i | ich wasche | wir waschen |
du wäschst du wäscht1 |
ihr wascht | du waschest | ihr waschet | ||
er wäscht | sie waschen | er wasche | sie waschen | ||
preterite | ich wusch | wir wuschen | ii | ich wüsche2 | wir wüschen2 |
du wuschst | ihr wuscht | du wüschest2 du wüschst2 |
ihr wüschet2 ihr wüscht2 | ||
er wusch | sie wuschen | er wüsche2 | sie wüschen2 | ||
imperative | wasch (du) wasche (du) |
wascht (ihr) |
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- abwaschen
- aufwaschen
- auswaschen
- durchwaschen
- rauswaschen
- runterwaschen
- verwaschen
- vorwaschen
- waschbar
- Wäsche
- Waschen
- Waschung
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Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German waschen, from Old Saxon waskan.
Conjugation
Conjugation of waschen (class 7 strong verb)
infinitive | waschen | |
---|---|---|
indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | wasch | wusch |
2nd person singular | waschs(t) | wuschs(t) |
3rd person singular | wasch(t) | wusch |
plural | wascht, waschen | wuschen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | wasch | |
plural | wascht | |
participle | present | past |
waschen | (e)wuschen, gewuschen | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |
Middle English
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