quetschen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German quetzen, possibly influenced or from Old French quasser (“to break”). Cognate with Middle Low German quattern, Dutch kwetsen.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]quetschen (weak, third-person singular present quetscht, past tense quetschte, past participle gequetscht, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | quetschen | ||||
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present participle | quetschend | ||||
past participle | gequetscht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich quetsche | wir quetschen | i | ich quetsche | wir quetschen |
du quetschst du quetscht1 |
ihr quetscht | du quetschest | ihr quetschet | ||
er quetscht | sie quetschen | er quetsche | sie quetschen | ||
preterite | ich quetschte | wir quetschten | ii | ich quetschte2 | wir quetschten2 |
du quetschtest | ihr quetschtet | du quetschtest2 | ihr quetschtet2 | ||
er quetschte | sie quetschten | er quetschte2 | sie quetschten2 | ||
imperative | quetsch (du) quetsche (du) |
quetscht (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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “quetschen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
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- German terms derived from Old French
- German 2-syllable words
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- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary