tauschen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German tiuschen, which is derived from tūschen, and related to täuschen (“to deceive”) (see there for more), with semantic shift "deceive" > "trick someone into buying one's goods" > "trade" (DWDS).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯ʃən/, [ˈtʰaʊ̯ʃn̩]
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Hyphenation: tau‧schen
Verb
[edit]tauschen (weak, third-person singular present tauscht, past tense tauschte, past participle getauscht, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to trade, to exchange, to swap, to barter [with accusative ‘items, goods, etc.’ and gegen (+ accusative) ‘for something else’]
- Er tauschte die Büroklammer gegen einen Stift.
- He exchanged the paper clip for a pen.
- (transitive, figurative) to do something mutually; to swap circumstances
- die Plätze tauschen ― to trade places
- Küsse tauschen ― to share a kiss
- Grüße tauschen ― to trade greetings
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | tauschen | ||||
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present participle | tauschend | ||||
past participle | getauscht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich tausche | wir tauschen | i | ich tausche | wir tauschen |
du tauschst du tauscht1 |
ihr tauscht | du tauschest | ihr tauschet | ||
er tauscht | sie tauschen | er tausche | sie tauschen | ||
preterite | ich tauschte | wir tauschten | ii | ich tauschte2 | wir tauschten2 |
du tauschtest | ihr tauschtet | du tauschtest2 | ihr tauschtet2 | ||
er tauschte | sie tauschten | er tauschte2 | sie tauschten2 | ||
imperative | tausch (du) tausche (du) |
tauscht (ihr) |
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tauschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “tauschen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “tauschen” in Duden online
- “tauschen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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