duften
See also: Düften
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: duf‧ten
Verb
duften (weak, third-person singular present duftet, past tense duftete, past participle geduftet, auxiliary haben)
- to smell very pleasantly
Conjugation
Conjugation of duften (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | duften | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | duftend | ||||
| past participle | geduftet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich dufte | wir duften | i | ich dufte | wir duften |
| du duftest | ihr duftet | du duftest | ihr duftet | ||
| er duftet | sie duften | er dufte | sie duften | ||
| preterite | ich duftete | wir dufteten | ii | ich duftete1 | wir dufteten1 |
| du duftetest | ihr duftetet | du duftetest1 | ihr duftetet1 | ||
| er duftete | sie dufteten | er duftete1 | sie dufteten1 | ||
| imperative | duft (du) dufte (du) |
duftet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of duften (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- duftig
- Duftlampe
- Duftreis
- Duftwasser
Further reading
- “duften” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “duften” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “duften” in Duden online
- “duften” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
duften m
- definite singular of duft