tauchen
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle High German tūchen, touchen, from Old High German -tūhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan.
Cognate to Dutch duiken, Swedish dyka. The word had become obsolete in Upper German, but was later reintroduced on the basis of Central German dūchen, tūchen and Middle Low German dūken, which had remained common. In the course of this process, the originally strong verb became weak. A derivative with Low German consonantism is ducken (cognate to and synonymous with English duck).
tauchen (weak, third-person singular present taucht, past tense tauchte, past participle getaucht, auxiliary haben or sein)
infinitive | tauchen | ||||
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present participle | tauchend | ||||
past participle | getaucht | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich tauche | wir tauchen | i | ich tauche | wir tauchen |
du tauchst | ihr taucht | du tauchest | ihr tauchet | ||
er taucht | sie tauchen | er tauche | sie tauchen | ||
preterite | ich tauchte | wir tauchten | ii | ich tauchte1 | wir tauchten1 |
du tauchtest | ihr tauchtet | du tauchtest1 | ihr tauchtet1 | ||
er tauchte | sie tauchten | er tauchte1 | sie tauchten1 | ||
imperative | tauch (du) tauche (du) |
taucht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.