bürsten
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German bürsten; see Borste (“brush, bristle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]bürsten (weak, third-person singular present bürstet, past tense bürstete, past participle gebürstet, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to scrub; to clean a surface with a brush (but not usually teeth, for which putzen)
- Die Kacheln müsste ich mal richtig bürsten.
- I have to properly brush these tiles sometime.
- (transitive) to brush (hair)
- Ich bürste dir kurz die Haare.
- I’ll brush your hair quickly.
- (transitive) to brush someone’s hair (should be used with caution in some contexts because of the vulgar sense below)
- Ich bürste dich kurz.
- I’ll brush your hair quickly.
- (literally, “I’ll brush you quickly.”)
- (reflexive) to brush one’s own hair
- Ich bürste mich kurz.
- I’ll brush my hair quickly.
- (transitive, colloquial, vulgar) to fuck, have sex with
Usage notes
[edit]- Kämmen (literally “to comb”) is often preferred with hair, even when the device used is a brush rather than a comb.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | bürsten | ||||
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present participle | bürstend | ||||
past participle | gebürstet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich bürste | wir bürsten | i | ich bürste | wir bürsten |
du bürstest | ihr bürstet | du bürstest | ihr bürstet | ||
er bürstet | sie bürsten | er bürste | sie bürsten | ||
preterite | ich bürstete | wir bürsteten | ii | ich bürstete1 | wir bürsteten1 |
du bürstetest | ihr bürstetet | du bürstetest1 | ihr bürstetet1 | ||
er bürstete | sie bürsteten | er bürstete1 | sie bürsteten1 | ||
imperative | bürst (du) bürste (du) |
bürstet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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