waschen

See also: Waschen, wäschen, and Wäschen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German waschen, from Old High German wascan, waskan, from Proto-West Germanic *waskan.

Cognate with Low German waschen, Dutch wassen, English wash, West Frisian waskje, Danish vaske.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaʃən/
  • Hyphenation: wa‧schen
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Verb

waschen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present wäscht, past tense wusch, past participle gewaschen, past subjunctive wüsche, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or reflexive or intransitive or with dative reflexive) to wash
    Wasch dir die Hände, bevor du zu Tisch gehst.
    Wash your hands before you sit down to eat.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • waschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • waschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • waschen” in Duden online
  • waschen” in OpenThesaurus.de

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Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German waschen, from Old Saxon waskan.

Verb

waschen (past singular wusch, past participle wuschen, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of waschen (class 7 strong verb)
infinitive waschen
present preterite
1st person singular wasch wusch
2nd person singular waschs(t) wuschs(t)
3rd person singular wasch(t) wusch
plural wascht, waschen wuschen
imperative
singular wasch
plural wascht
present past
participle waschen (e)wuschen, gewuschen

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle English

Verb

waschen

  1. alternative form of wasshen