tanzen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German tanzen, from Old French dancer; the adapted onset t- in Upper German dialects (and standard German) proves that the word was not borrowed directly from the French word, but via Middle Low German or Middle Dutch dansen and Central German. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtan(t)sən/, [-t͡sn̩], [-sn̩] === Verb === tanzen (weak, third-person singular present tanzt, past tense tanzte, past participle getanzt, auxiliary haben or sein) to dance ==== Usage notes ==== The perfect auxiliary is normally haben, but sein is used when there is a movement from place to place. For example: Wir haben auf der Straße getanzt. (“We danced in the street.”). But: Wir sind durch die Straße getanzt. (“We danced through the street”, i.e. from one end to another.) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Tanzen, Tanz, Tanzerei tanzend, getanzt ==== Related terms ==== tänzeln Tanzbein Tanzverbot === Further reading === “tanzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “tanzen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “tanzen” in Duden online “tanzen” in OpenThesaurus.de