tanzen
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See also: Tänzen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German tanzen, from Old French dancer; the adapted onset t- in Upper German dialects (and standard German) proves that the word was not borrowed directly from the French word, but via Middle Low German or Middle Dutch dansen and Central German.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tanzen (weak, third-person singular present tanzt, past tense tanzte, past participle getanzt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to dance
Usage notes
[edit]- The perfect auxiliary is normally haben, but sein is used when there is a movement from place to place. For example: Wir haben auf der Straße getanzt. (“We danced in the street.”). But: Wir sind durch die Straße getanzt. (“We danced through the street”, i.e. from one end to another.)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | tanzen | ||||
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present participle | tanzend | ||||
past participle | getanzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich tanze | wir tanzen | i | ich tanze | wir tanzen |
du tanzt | ihr tanzt | du tanzest | ihr tanzet | ||
er tanzt | sie tanzen | er tanze | sie tanzen | ||
preterite | ich tanzte | wir tanzten | ii | ich tanzte1 | wir tanzten1 |
du tanztest | ihr tanztet | du tanztest1 | ihr tanztet1 | ||
er tanzte | sie tanzten | er tanzte1 | sie tanzten1 | ||
imperative | tanz (du) tanze (du) |
tanzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tanzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “tanzen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “tanzen” in Duden online
- “tanzen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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