ducken

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German tucken, tücken. Pertains to tauchen (“to dive”). The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German ducken). Related to English duck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʊkən/, [ˈdʊkən], [ˈdʊkŋ̩]

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Verb

1. (reflexive) to duck

Derived terms

• Duckmäuser

Further reading

• “ducken” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduken/, [ˈdukən]

Verb

ducken (third-person singular present duckt, past participle geduckt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (reflexive) to duck

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	ducken
participle	geduckt
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	ducken	—
2nd singular	ducks	duck
3rd singular	duckt	—
1st plural	ducken	—
2nd plural	duckt	duckt
3rd plural	ducken	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.