duzen

See also: düzen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German duzen, dutzen, dützen, from Old High German *dūzzen, *dūezzen, equivalent to du + -zen. Compare Middle English thouten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduːtsn̩/, /ˈduːtsən/
  • (file)

Verb

duzen (weak, third-person singular present duzt, past tense duzte, past participle geduzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to address informally using the pronoun du, to thou
  2. to be on first-name terms

Conjugation

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • Duzbruder
  • Duzen
  • Duzfreund
  • Duzfreundin
  • duzfreundlich
  • Duzfreundschaft
  • duzfreundschaftlich
  • Duzkultur
  • Duzschwester

See also

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Verb

duzen (third-person singular present duzt, past participle geduzt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to address someone informally using du

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive duzen
participle geduzt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular duzen
2nd singular duz duz
3rd singular duzt
1st plural duzen
2nd plural duzt duzt
3rd plural duzen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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