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duschen
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See also: Duschen
German
Etymology
See Dusche.
Pronunciation
Verb
duschen (weak, third-person singular present duscht, past tense duschte, past participle geduscht, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive or reflexive) to shower
- Ich dusche (mich) jeden Tag.
- I shower every day.
- (transitive) to shower someone or something (e.g. a child, a portion of one's body)
Usage notes
- The construction eine Dusche nehmen (literally “to take a shower”) is unusual, unlike ein Bad nehmen (“to take a bath”), which is common (though less so than baden).
Conjugation
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
- brausen (rare)
Derived terms
- abduschen
- Duschecke
- Duschen
- Duschhaube
- Duschkabine
- Duschkappe
- Duschraum
- Duschtuch
Related terms
Further reading
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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From the noun Dusch (“shower”), after French se doucher and German duschen.
Pronunciation
Verb
duschen (third-person singular present duscht, past participle geduscht, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to shower
Conjugation
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
Further reading
- duschen in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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Swedish
Noun
duschen
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