huschen

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German

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Etymology

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From husch (whoosh) +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhʊʃn̩]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: hu‧schen

Verb

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huschen (weak, third-person singular present huscht, past tense huschte, past participle gehuscht, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to scurry
    • Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das Torfgespenst (Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein), p. 17 , 1924:
      An den Torfstichen ist es zu manchen Zeiten gar nicht ganz geheuer. In dunklen Nächten huschen hier gespenstische bläuliche Lichter hin und her, die schon manchen Wanderer erschreckt und irregeführt haben.
      At the peat banks it is uncanny at some times. Here, in dark nights, ghostly bluish lights scurry to and fro, who already scared and misguided many a walker.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • huschen” in Duden online
  • huschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From the interjection husch (shoo!, go!), perhaps after German huschen (18th c.).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhuʃen/, [ˈhuʃən]

Verb

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huschen (third-person singular present huscht, past participle gehuscht, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. to scurry

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive huschen
participle gehuscht
auxiliary sinn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular huschen
2nd singular huschs husch
3rd singular huscht
1st plural huschen
2nd plural huscht huscht
3rd plural huschen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.