dauchen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German tūchen, from Old High German tūhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan. Cognate with German tauchen, Dutch duiken, West Frisian dûke, English duck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæu̯χen/, [ˈdæˑʊ̯χən]

Verb

dauchen (third-person singular present daucht, past participle gedaucht, auxiliary verb hunn or sinn)

1. (intransitive, with auxiliary verb sinn) to dive
2. (transitive, with auxiliary verb hunn) to submerge, to duck, to dunk

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	dauchen
participle	gedaucht
auxiliary	sinn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	dauchen	—
2nd singular	dauchs	dauch
3rd singular	daucht	—
1st plural	dauchen	—
2nd plural	daucht	daucht
3rd plural	dauchen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

• Daucher