bürsten

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bürsten; see Borste (“brush, bristle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʏʁstən/ Rhymes: -ʏʁstən === Verb === bürsten (weak, third-person singular present bürstet, past tense bürstete, past participle gebürstet, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to scrub, to clean a surface with a brush (but not usually teeth, for which putzen) (transitive) to brush (hair, fur) (transitive) to brush someone’s hair or the fur of an animal (should be used with caution regarding other people because of the vulgar sense below) (reflexive) to brush one’s own hair (transitive, uncommon, vulgar) to fuck, to have sex with ==== Usage notes ==== Kämmen (literally “to comb”) is often preferred with hair, even when the device used is a brush rather than a comb. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Bürste === Further reading === “bürsten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bürsten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “bürsten” in Duden online “bürsten” in OpenThesaurus.de