täuschen

See also: tauschen and Tauschen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tiuschen, from a Middle Low German dialect, cognate with tauschen (to trade), with both terms of unknown further origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔɪ̯ʃən/, [ˈtʰɔɪ̯ʃn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: täu‧schen

Verb

täuschen (weak, third-person singular present täuscht, past tense täuschte, past participle getäuscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to deceive
  2. (reflexive) to be wrong, to be mistaken
    Synonym: sich irren
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 2, in Buddenbrooks [] [1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 8, page 436:
      Kurz, er täuscht sich über mich und den Charakter meiner Firma.
      In short, he has made a mistake in his calculations about me and the character of my firm.
  3. (reflexive) to err

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