googeln

== German == === Alternative forms === googlen (less common) === Etymology === From Google +‎ -n or English google (verb) + -n. The sequence -le- was respelt -el- to allow for regular German conjugation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡuːɡəln/, /ˈɡuːɡl̩n/ === Verb === googeln (weak, third-person singular present googelt, past tense googelte, past participle gegoogelt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to google ==== Usage notes ==== The spelling googeln is the correct version according to Duden, whereas Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache recognizes googeln as the predominant spelling and googlen as the less common spelling. German verbs borrowed from English can optionally form the past participle (Partizip II) in -ed in two cases The English verb ends in a silent ⟨e⟩: English like → German liken → geliked (previously only gelikt) The verb's past participle is usually not inflected: English relax → German relaxen → relaxed (previously only relaxt) But -ed- is not permitted when the participle is inflected, thus: meine gelikten Bilder (not meine *gelikeden Bilder) ein relaxter Abend (not ein *relaxeder Abend) ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “googeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “googeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “googeln” in Duden online “googeln” in OpenThesaurus.de