ducken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tucken, tücken. Pertains to tauchen (“to dive”). The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)). Related to English duck.

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

ducken (weak, third-person singular present duckt, past tense duckte, past participle geduckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to duck
    Er duckte sich zu Boden und sprang. ― He ducked down then jumped.

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “ducken” in Duden online
  • “ducken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan (“to duck, dive”). See dauchen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈduken/, [ˈdukən]

Verb

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

  1. (reflexive) to duck

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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