dusch

See also: Dusch

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

dusch

1. singular imperative of duschen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of duschen

Lower Sorbian

Verb

dusch impf

1. Obsolete spelling of duś.

Swedish

en dusch

en fängelsedusch [a prison shower]

Etymology

According to SAOB and NE: From French douche, from Italian doccia, from Latin ductus, from dūcō (“I lead”), from Proto-Italic *doukō, from Proto-Indo-European *déwkti, from the root *dewk-.

According to Svetym: From French douche, from doucher, from Vulgar Latin *ductiō, from Latin ductus, from dūcō (“I lead”), from Proto-Italic *doukō, from Proto-Indo-European *déwkti, from the root *dewk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɵʂː]

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• (southern Sweden) IPA^(key): /dɵɧː/

Noun

dusch c

1. a shower ((location with) water-spraying device)

   gå in i duschen

   enter the shower

   Hon står i duschen

   She's in [is standing in] the shower

2. a shower (instance of showering)

   Han luktade illa, så han tog en dusch

   He smelled bad, so he took a shower

3. (by extension) a shower (being showered with something; material showered)

   Vi fick oss en dusch när späckhuggaren landade

   We got showered [got ourselves a shower] when the killer whale landed

Declension

Declension of dusch

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dusch	duschs
	definite	duschen	duschens
plural	indefinite	duschar	duschars
	definite	duscharna	duscharnas

Derived terms

• duschmunstycke
• duschdraperi
• kalldusch
• duschhörna

Related terms

• duscha
• duschning

See also

• skur

References

• dusch in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dusch in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dusch in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• dusch in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)