googeln
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- googlen (less common)
Etymology
[edit]From Google + -n or English google (verb) + -n. The sequence -le- was respelt -el- to allow for regular German conjugation.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]googeln (weak, third-person singular present googelt, past tense googelte, past participle gegoogelt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to google
Usage notes
[edit]The spelling googeln is the correct version according to Duden, whereas Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache recognizes googeln as the predominant spelling and googlen as the less common spelling.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | googeln | ||||
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present participle | googelnd | ||||
past participle | gegoogelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich google ich googele ich googel |
wir googeln | i | ich googele ich google |
wir googeln |
du googelst | ihr googelt | du googelest du googlest |
ihr googelet ihr googlet | ||
er googelt | sie googeln | er googele er google |
sie googeln | ||
preterite | ich googelte | wir googelten | ii | ich googelte1 | wir googelten1 |
du googeltest | ihr googeltet | du googeltest1 | ihr googeltet1 | ||
er googelte | sie googelten | er googelte1 | sie googelten1 | ||
imperative | google (du) googel (du) googele (du) |
googelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms suffixed with -n
- German terms borrowed from English
- German terms derived from English
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German transitive verbs
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