rutschen

== German == === Etymology === From an onomatopoeic Middle High German rutzen, rützen (whence also the obsolete form rütschen), with change of -tz- to -tsch- as also in fletschen. Perhaps related to Old High German rūtezzen. English rutch and rutsch derive from this term or its cognates in related languages. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʁʊtʃn̩/, /ˈʁʊt.ʃən/ === Verb === rutschen (weak, third-person singular present rutscht, past tense rutschte, past participle gerutscht, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to slip, to slide 1898, Theodor Fontane, Von Zwanzig bis Dreißig - Kapitel 5: ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== gleiten schlüpfen ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: roetsjen → English: rutch → Plautdietsch: rutschen === References === === Further reading === “rutschen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “rutschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “rutschen” in Duden online “rutschen” in OpenThesaurus.de