rücken
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German rücken, Old High German rucchen, from Proto-West Germanic *rukkijan. Cognate with Old Norse rykkja, Old English roccian, English rock.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]rücken (weak, third-person singular present rückt, past tense rückte, past participle gerückt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (transitive) to move, to push
- (intransitive) to move over
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | rücken | ||||
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present participle | rückend | ||||
past participle | gerückt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich rücke | wir rücken | i | ich rücke | wir rücken |
du rückst | ihr rückt | du rückest | ihr rücket | ||
er rückt | sie rücken | er rücke | sie rücken | ||
preterite | ich rückte | wir rückten | ii | ich rückte1 | wir rückten1 |
du rücktest | ihr rücktet | du rücktest1 | ihr rücktet1 | ||
er rückte | sie rückten | er rückte1 | sie rückten1 | ||
imperative | rück (du) rücke (du) |
rückt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “rücken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
[edit]- “rücken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “rücken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “rücken” in Duden online
- “rücken” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “rücken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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