couchen

See also: Couchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chouchen, cowchyn, kouchen, couche, cowche

Etymology

From Old French couchier, from Latin collocāre; equivalent to couche +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːtʃən/, /ˈtʃuːtʃən/

Verb

couchen

1. To lie upon a bed or couch; to recline oneself.
2. To lie or bow down in a submissive or deferent manner.
3. To spread put foil or ornaments across; to decorate or adorn.
4. To place or put; to gently drop.
5. To organise; to place in specific positions.
6. (rare) To cause to lie down.

Conjugation

Conjugation of couchen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) couchen, couche
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	couche	couched
2nd-person singular	couchest	couchedest
3rd-person singular	coucheth	couched
subjunctive singular	couche
imperative singular		—
plural1	couchen, couche	coucheden, couchede
imperative plural	coucheth, couche	—
participles	couchynge, couchende	couched, ycouched

¹ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: couch
• Scots: cooch, cootch

References

• “cǒuchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-19.