wuscheln
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvʊʃəln/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈvʊʒəln/ (equally common)
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Verb
wuscheln (weak, third-person singular present wuschelt, past tense wuschelte, past participle gewuschelt, auxiliary haben)
- to tousle (e.g. hair)
Usage notes
- Prefixed verbs from this stem are more common than the bare form (see below).
- The verbs wuscheln and nuscheln seem to be the only two German words of native origin in which the sound [ʒ] is heard.
Conjugation
Conjugation of wuscheln (weak, auxiliary haben)
infinitive | wuscheln | ||||
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present participle | wuschelnd | ||||
past participle | gewuschelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich wuschle ich wuschele ich wuschel |
wir wuscheln | i | ich wuschele ich wuschle |
wir wuscheln |
du wuschelst | ihr wuschelt | du wuschelest du wuschlest |
ihr wuschelet ihr wuschlet | ||
er wuschelt | sie wuscheln | er wuschele er wuschle |
sie wuscheln | ||
preterite | ich wuschelte | wir wuschelten | ii | ich wuschelte1 | wir wuschelten1 |
du wuscheltest | ihr wuscheltet | du wuscheltest1 | ihr wuscheltet1 | ||
er wuschelte | sie wuschelten | er wuschelte1 | sie wuschelten1 | ||
imperative | wuschle (du) wuschel (du) wuschele (du) |
wuschelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of wuscheln (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Wuscheln
- durchwuscheln
- verwuscheln
- wuschelig
- Wuschelkopf
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