quaschen

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French quasser, from Latin quassō, a form of quatiō influenced by cassō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwaʃən/, /ˈkwasən/

Verb

quaschen (third-person singular simple present quascheth, present participle quaschende, quaschynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quasched)

  1. To crush or smash physically.
  2. To quash or smash; to defeat in detail.
  3. To make void or cancel; to render inoperative.
  4. (rare) To move from side to side; to shake.

Conjugation

Conjugation of quaschen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) quaschen, quasche
present tense past tense
1st-person singular quasche quasched
2nd-person singular quaschest quaschedest
3rd-person singular quascheth quasched
subjunctive singular quasche
imperative singular —
plural1 quaschen, quasche quascheden, quaschede
imperative plural quascheth, quasche —
participles quaschynge, quaschende quasched, yquasched

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

  • English: quash

References

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