touchen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• towchen, tochen

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French tochier, from Vulgar Latin *tuccō, from Frankish *tukkōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtut͡ʃən/

Verb

touchen (third-person singular simple present toucheth, present participle touchende, touchynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle touched)

1. to touch

Conjugation

Conjugation of touchen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) touchen, touche
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	touche	touched
2nd-person singular	touchest	touchedest
3rd-person singular	toucheth	touched
subjunctive singular	touche
imperative singular		—
plural1	touchen, touche	toucheden, touchede
imperative plural	toucheth, touche	—
participles	touchynge, touchende	touched, ytouched

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: touch

References

• “tǒuchen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.