huschen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhʊʃn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: hu‧schen

Verb

huschen (third-person singular simple present huscht, past tense huschte, past participle gehuscht, auxiliary sein)

  1. to scurry
    • Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das Torfgespenst (Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein), p. 17 , 1924:
      An den Torfstichen ist es zu manchen Zeiten gar nicht ganz geheuer. In dunklen Nächten huschen hier gespenstische bläuliche Lichter hin und her, die schon manchen Wanderer erschreckt und irregeführt haben.
      At the peat banks it is uncanny at some times. Here, in dark nights, ghostly bluish lights scurry to and fro, who already scared and misguided many a walker.

Conjugation

Further reading


Luxembourgish

Etymology

From the interjection husch (shoo!, go!), perhaps after German huschen (18th c.).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhuʃen/, [ˈhuʃən]

Verb

huschen (third-person singular present huscht, past participle gehuscht, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. to scurry

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive huschen
participle gehuscht
auxiliary sinn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular huschen
2nd singular huschs husch
3rd singular huscht
1st plural huschen
2nd plural huscht huscht
3rd plural huschen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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