huschen

German

Etymology

From husch (whoosh) + -en.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From the interjection husch (shoo!, go!), perhaps after Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (18th c.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuʃen/, [ˈhuʃən]

Verb

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

  1. to scurry

Conjugation

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

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