tauen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From late Middle High German touwen (“to thaw, dew”), a merger of two verbs:
- touwen (“to dew”), from Old High German touwōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwēn, from Proto-Germanic *dawwāną.
- douwen (“to thaw”), from Old High German douwen, from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną.
The merger started in Central German dialects, many of which had d- in both verbs. The original form of verb 2 survives in verdauen (“to digest”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tauen (weak, third-person singular present taut, past tense taute, past participle getaut, auxiliary haben)
- (sometimes impersonal) to thaw; to melt
- Im Frühsommer taut es in den Bergen.
- In early summer, it thaws in the mountains.
- Das Eis taut in der Sonne.
- The ice is thawing in the sun.
- (usually impersonal) to dew; there to appear (dew)
- Morgens taut es auf der Wiese.
- In the morning, there appears dew on the grass.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | tauen | ||||
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present participle | tauend | ||||
past participle | getaut | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich taue | wir tauen | i | ich taue | wir tauen |
du taust | ihr taut | du tauest | ihr tauet | ||
er taut | sie tauen | er taue | sie tauen | ||
preterite | ich taute | wir tauten | ii | ich taute1 | wir tauten1 |
du tautest | ihr tautet | du tautest1 | ihr tautet1 | ||
er taute | sie tauten | er taute1 | sie tauten1 | ||
imperative | tau (du) taue (du) |
taut (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “tauen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “tauen” in Duden online
- “tauen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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