grasen
See also: gräsen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German grasen, from Old High German grason, from Proto-Germanic *grasōną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁaːzn̩/
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Verb
grasen (weak, third-person singular present grast, past tense graste, past participle gegrast, auxiliary haben)
- to graze
Conjugation
Conjugation of grasen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | grasen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | grasend | ||||
| past participle | gegrast | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich grase | wir grasen | i | ich grase | wir grasen |
| du grast | ihr grast | du grasest | ihr graset | ||
| er grast | sie grasen | er grase | sie grasen | ||
| preterite | ich graste | wir grasten | ii | ich graste1 | wir grasten1 |
| du grastest | ihr grastet | du grastest1 | ihr grastet1 | ||
| er graste | sie grasten | er graste1 | sie grasten1 | ||
| imperative | gras (du) grase (du) |
grast (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of grasen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Graser
- abgrasen
- ausgrasen
- übergrasen
- vergrasen
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English grasian, from Proto-Germanic *grasōną; equivalent to gras + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡraːzən/
Conjugation
Conjugation of grasen (weak in -ed)
| infinitive | (to) grasen, grase | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | grase | grased | |
| 2nd-person singular | grasest | grasedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | graseth | grased | |
| subjunctive singular | grase | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | grasen, grase | graseden, grasede | |
| imperative plural | graseth, grase | — | |
| participles | grasynge, grasende | grased, ygrased | |
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: graze
References
- “grāsen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.
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