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duschen

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See also: Duschen

German

Etymology

See Dusche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduːʃən/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʊʃən/ (some speakers, perhaps dated)
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Verb

duschen (weak, third-person singular present duscht, past tense duschte, past participle geduscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive or reflexive) to shower
    Ich dusche (mich) jeden Tag.
    I shower every day.
  2. (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).

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Further reading

  • duschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • duschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • duschen” in Duden online
  • duschen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From the noun Dusch (shower), after French se doucher and German duschen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduʃen/, [ˈduʃən]

Verb

duschen (third-person singular present duscht, past participle geduscht, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to shower

Conjugation

More information infinitive, participle ...

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Further reading

  • duschen in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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Swedish

Noun

duschen

  1. definite singular of dusch

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