fauchen
German
editAlternative forms
edit- pfauchen (chiefly Austrian)
Etymology
editFrom Middle High German pfūchen, phūchen, from Old High German *pfūhhan (“to spit, puff”), from Proto-Germanic *pukaną (“to spit, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). The modern onset f- instead of pf- is from East Central German. Compare English puke.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editfauchen (weak, third-person singular present faucht, past tense fauchte, past participle gefaucht, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | fauchen | ||||
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present participle | fauchend | ||||
past participle | gefaucht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich fauche | wir fauchen | i | ich fauche | wir fauchen |
du fauchst | ihr faucht | du fauchest | ihr fauchet | ||
er faucht | sie fauchen | er fauche | sie fauchen | ||
preterite | ich fauchte | wir fauchten | ii | ich fauchte1 | wir fauchten1 |
du fauchtest | ihr fauchtet | du fauchtest1 | ihr fauchtet1 | ||
er fauchte | sie fauchten | er fauchte1 | sie fauchten1 | ||
imperative | fauch (du) fauche (du) |
faucht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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