zucken
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German zucken, from Old High German zuhhōn, from Proto-Germanic *tukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-. Cognate with Old English tucian (“to disturb, mistreat, punish, torment”). More at tuck, touch.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zucken (weak, third-person singular present zuckt, past tense zuckte, past participle gezuckt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | zucken | ||||
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present participle | zuckend | ||||
past participle | gezuckt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zucke | wir zucken | i | ich zucke | wir zucken |
du zuckst | ihr zuckt | du zuckest | ihr zucket | ||
er zuckt | sie zucken | er zucke | sie zucken | ||
preterite | ich zuckte | wir zuckten | ii | ich zuckte1 | wir zuckten1 |
du zucktest | ihr zucktet | du zucktest1 | ihr zucktet1 | ||
er zuckte | sie zuckten | er zuckte1 | sie zuckten1 | ||
imperative | zuck (du) zucke (du) |
zuckt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary