dusche

See also: Dusche

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German durren, northern variant of turren, from Proto-West Germanic *durʀan (“to dare”). The sch < rs developed regularly in the present singular and in the past forms. The infinitive and present plural are backformations (replacing original *durre, *dürre, attested as döre in Low Franconian). This also explains the intervocalic /ʒ/, which otherwise occurs only in borrowings and onomatopoeias. Semantically merged with dürve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduʒə/

Verb

dusche (third-person singular present daasch, preterite doosch, past participle jedoosch)

1. (Ripuarian, archaic in some dialects) may, to be allowed

   Synonym: dürve

Alternative forms

• düsche (rare)

Etymology 2

From German duschen, from French douche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduʃə/, /ˈduːʃə/

Verb

dusche (third-person singular present dusch or duscht, past participle jedusch or geduscht)

1. to shower, take a shower

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

dusche

1. inflection of duschen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative