spuken
See also: Spuken
German
Etymology
From Low German and Middle Low German spōken; equivalent to Spuk + -en. Cognate with English spook and Dutch spoken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpuːkən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: spu‧ken
Verb
spuken (weak, third-person singular present spukt, past tense spukte, past participle gespukt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) haunt
Conjugation
infinitive | spuken | ||||
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present participle | spukend | ||||
past participle | gespukt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich spuke | wir spuken | i | ich spuke | wir spuken |
du spukst | ihr spukt | du spukest | ihr spuket | ||
er spukt | sie spuken | er spuke | sie spuken | ||
preterite | ich spukte | wir spukten | ii | ich spukte1 | wir spukten1 |
du spuktest | ihr spuktet | du spuktest1 | ihr spuktet1 | ||
er spukte | sie spukten | er spukte1 | sie spukten1 | ||
imperative | spuk (du) spuke (du) |
spukt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
Further reading
- “spuken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “spuken” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “spuken” in Duden online
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