taufen
Appearance
See also: Taufen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German toufen, from Proto-West Germanic *daupijan. Compare Old Saxon dōpian, Dutch dopen, Old English dīepan, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daupjan).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]taufen (weak, third-person singular present tauft, past tense taufte, past participle getauft, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, religion) to baptize
- Ich taufe dich im Namen des Vaters, des Sohnes und des Heiligen Geistes.
- I baptise you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
- (transitive, by extension) to name
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | taufen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | taufend | ||||
past participle | getauft | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich taufe | wir taufen | i | ich taufe | wir taufen |
du taufst | ihr tauft | du taufest | ihr taufet | ||
er tauft | sie taufen | er taufe | sie taufen | ||
preterite | ich taufte | wir tauften | ii | ich taufte1 | wir tauften1 |
du tauftest | ihr tauftet | du tauftest1 | ihr tauftet1 | ||
er taufte | sie tauften | er taufte1 | sie tauften1 | ||
imperative | tauf (du) taufe (du) |
tauft (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “taufen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “taufen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “taufen” in Duden online
- “taufen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Categories:
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewb-
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German transitive verbs
- de:Religion
- German terms with usage examples