plustern
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ca. 1600, from Middle Low German plûsteren, iterative of plûsen (“to pick, pluck”). The sense developed from the way that chickens and other poultry groom their plumage. Cognate with Middle Dutch plûusteren; compare also Modern Dutch pluizen. Further origin uncertain; possibly from Old French peluchier.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]plustern (weak, third-person singular present plustert, past tense plusterte, past participle geplustert, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to fluff up, puff up (principally of birds, but also cats etc.)
- (reflexive, figurative) to prance, boast, behave showily
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | plustern | ||||
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present participle | plusternd | ||||
past participle | geplustert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich plustre ich plustere ich pluster |
wir plustern | i | ich plustere ich plustre |
wir plustern |
du plusterst | ihr plustert | du plusterest du plustrest |
ihr plusteret ihr plustret | ||
er plustert | sie plustern | er plustere er plustre |
sie plustern | ||
preterite | ich plusterte | wir plusterten | ii | ich plusterte1 | wir plusterten1 |
du plustertest | ihr plustertet | du plustertest1 | ihr plustertet1 | ||
er plusterte | sie plusterten | er plusterte1 | sie plusterten1 | ||
imperative | plustre (du) pluster (du) plustere (du) |
plustert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]- aufplustern (synonymous with the simplex and more common)
- plusterig, plustrig
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