tauen

== German == === Etymology === From late Middle High German touwen (“to thaw, dew”), a merger of two verbs: touwen (“to dew”), from Old High German touwōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwēn, from Proto-Germanic *dawwāną. douwen (“to thaw”), from Old High German douwen, from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną. The merger started in Central German dialects, many of which had d- in both verbs. The original form of verb 2 survived into early Modern German as dauen, däuen, and continues to survive in verdauen (“to digest”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯ən/, [ˈtäʊ̯ən], [ˈtäʊ̯n̩] Hyphenation: tau‧en === Verb === tauen (weak, third-person singular present taut, past tense taute, past participle getaut, auxiliary haben) (sometimes impersonal) to thaw; to melt (usually impersonal) to dew; there to appear (dew) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Tauen, Tauung tauend, getaut abtauen antauen auftauen ==== Related terms ==== Tau Tauwetter === Further reading === “tauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “tauen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “tauen” in Duden online “tauen” in OpenThesaurus.de