German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German roufen, from Old High German roufen, from Proto-West Germanic *raupijan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]raufen (weak, third-person singular present rauft, past tense raufte, past participle gerauft, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to brawl, to scuffle, to fight [with mit (+ dative) ‘with someone’]
- Sie sah den Jungen dabei zu, wie sie sich im Garten rauften.
- She watched the boys scuffle in the garden.
- to horseplay
- to pluck
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | raufen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | raufend | ||||
| past participle | gerauft | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich raufe | wir raufen | i | ich raufe | wir raufen |
| du raufst | ihr rauft | du raufest | ihr raufet | ||
| er rauft | sie raufen | er raufe | sie raufen | ||
| preterite | ich raufte | wir rauften | ii | ich raufte1 | wir rauften1 |
| du rauftest | ihr rauftet | du rauftest1 | ihr rauftet1 | ||
| er raufte | sie rauften | er raufte1 | sie rauften1 | ||
| imperative | rauf (du) raufe (du) |
rauft (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
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