ducken
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editVerb
editducken (weak, third-person singular present duckt, past tense duckte, past participle geduckt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | 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
editFurther reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan (“to duck, dive”). See dauchen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editducken (third-person singular present duckt, past participle geduckt, auxiliary verb hunn)
Conjugation
editRegular | ||
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infinitive | ducken | |
participle | geduckt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | ducken | — |
2nd singular | ducks | duck |
3rd singular | duckt | — |
1st plural | ducken | — |
2nd plural | duckt | duckt |
3rd plural | ducken | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
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