pladdern
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German pladdern, with shortening before -er- (as e.g. in verheddern) from Middle Low German plāderen. Cognate with Middle Dutch pladeren (dialectal Dutch plaaieren, plaren). Ultimately of onomatopoeic origin; compare plätschern, prasseln.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pladdern (weak, third-person singular present pladdert, past tense pladderte, past participle gepladdert, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (northern and central Germany, intransitive, of a liquid, e.g. rain) to pour down heavily and loudly
- 2005 [1945], anonymous author, Eine Frau in Berlin – Tagebuch-Aufzeichnungen vom 20. April bis 22. Juni 1945, btb, page 20:
- Grauer Morgen, der Regen pladdert. Ich schreibe auf der Fensterbank, die mein Stehpult ist.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | pladdern | ||||
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present participle | pladdernd | ||||
past participle | gepladdert | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich pladdre ich pladdere ich pladder |
wir pladdern | i | ich pladdere ich pladdre |
wir pladdern |
du pladderst | ihr pladdert | du pladderest du pladdrest |
ihr pladderet ihr pladdret | ||
er pladdert | sie pladdern | er pladdere er pladdre |
sie pladdern | ||
preterite | ich pladderte | wir pladderten | ii | ich pladderte1 | wir pladderten1 |
du pladdertest | ihr pladdertet | du pladdertest1 | ihr pladdertet1 | ||
er pladderte | sie pladderten | er pladderte1 | sie pladderten1 | ||
imperative | pladdre (du) pladder (du) pladdere (du) |
pladdert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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