putzen
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See also: Putzen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]15th century, also in the form butzen. Origin unknown. Perhaps derived from Middle High German butze (“lump, piece, stump”), from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (whence also English butt), with the interpretation of the verb being "to (remove) lumps and stumps", but there are several other theories.
Perhaps related to Latin puto in the sense of "clean".
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]putzen (weak, third-person singular present putzt, past tense putzte, past participle geputzt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to clean, especially by rubbing with something wet, to brush (one's teeth)
- (reflexive, of an animal) to groom oneself
- (reflexive, dated, of a person) to beautify oneself by washing, styling, and putting on fancy clothes
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | putzen | ||||
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present participle | putzend | ||||
past participle | geputzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich putze | wir putzen | i | ich putze | wir putzen |
du putzt | ihr putzt | du putzest | ihr putzet | ||
er putzt | sie putzen | er putze | sie putzen | ||
preterite | ich putzte | wir putzten | ii | ich putzte1 | wir putzten1 |
du putztest | ihr putztet | du putztest1 | ihr putztet1 | ||
er putzte | sie putzten | er putzte1 | sie putzten1 | ||
imperative | putz (du) putze (du) |
putzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
[edit]- (clean): sauber machen; (formal) säubern
- (beautify): sich schön machen, sich herausputzen; (informal) sich aufdonnern, sich auftakeln, sich aufbrezeln, sich aufstylen
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Czech: pucovat
- → Danish: pudse
- → Dutch: poetsen
- → Hungarian: pucol
- → Norwegian Bokmål: pusse
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: pussa
- → Romanian: puțui
- → Polish: pucować
- → Polish: lampucera (“a woman with so much make-up that she resembles a dirty Lampputzer; mutton dressed as lamb”)
- → Swedish: putsa
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