ducken

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tucken, tücken. Pertains to tauchen (“to dive”). The modern consonantism is Central and Low German (compare Middle Low German ducken). Related to English duck. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdʊkən/, [ˈdʊkən], [ˈdʊkŋ̩] === Verb === ducken (weak, third-person singular present duckt, past tense duckte, past participle geduckt, auxiliary haben) (reflexive) to duck Er duckte sich zu Boden und sprang. ― He ducked down then jumped. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Duckmäuser === Further reading === “ducken” in Duden online “ducken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan (“to duck, dive”). See dauchen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈduken/, [ˈdukən] === Verb === ducken (third-person singular present duckt, past participle geduckt, auxiliary verb hunn) (reflexive) to duck ==== Conjugation ====