quetschen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German quetzen. Cognate with Middle Low German quattern, Dutch kwetsen.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkvɛtʃən/, [ˈkʰvɛtʃn̩]
  • (file)

Verb

quetschen (third-person singular simple present quetscht, past tense quetschte, past participle gequetscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to squeeze, to squish

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. quetschen in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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