tuckern

== German == === Etymology === 20th century, from Low German tuckern (“to throb, pulsate”, 19th c.), iterative of tucken (“to jerk, twitch, beat, hit”), which is cognate with Dutch tokken, tukken, German zucken, zücken, and thus ultimately related to ziehen (“to pull”). The semantic development within Low German as well as the adoption into Standard German were reinforced by the word’s onomatopoeic quality. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʊkərn/, [ˈtʊ.kɐn] === Verb === tuckern (weak, third-person singular present tuckert, past tense tuckerte, past participle getuckert, auxiliary haben or sein) (of the heart) to throb, to beat quickly (of a motor, e.g. that of a boat or tractor) to chug, to make continuous popping sounds (by extension) to chug along, to sail/drive fairly slowly making (or as if making) such sounds ==== Usage notes ==== The auxiliary is haben in sense 1 and 2, sein is sense 3. Contemporary speakers tend to perceive the motor sense as primary and application to the heart as figurative, but it is in fact the older meaning. ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “tuckern” in Duden online “tuckern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache