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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German brūsen, from Old High German *brūsen, from Proto-Germanic *brausijaną (“to break; crack; crackle”). More at bruise. The sense "to shower" is a back-formation from Brause.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]brausen (weak, third-person singular present braust, past tense brauste, past participle gebraust, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to make dissonant noise; roar, as done by wind or water
- 1780, Christoph Martin Wieland, Oberon[1]:
- Inzwischen bricht mit fürchterlichem sausen / Ein unerhörter sturm von allen seiten los; / Des Erdballs axe kracht, der wolken schwarzer schoos / Gießt feuerströme aus, das Meer beginnt zu brausen
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to drive fast; race
- Das Auto braust über die Autobahn. ― The car is racing over the highway.
- (dated) to shower
- Synonym: duschen
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | brausen | ||||
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present participle | brausend | ||||
past participle | gebraust | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich brause | wir brausen | i | ich brause | wir brausen |
du braust | ihr braust | du brausest | ihr brauset | ||
er braust | sie brausen | er brause | sie brausen | ||
preterite | ich brauste | wir brausten | ii | ich brauste1 | wir brausten1 |
du braustest | ihr braustet | du braustest1 | ihr braustet1 | ||
er brauste | sie brausten | er brauste1 | sie brausten1 | ||
imperative | braus (du) brause (du) |
braust (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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