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See also: Tänzen

German edit

 
tanzen

Etymology edit

From Middle High German tanzen, from Old French dancer; the adapted onset t- in Upper German dialects (and standard German) proves that the word was not borrowed directly from the French word, but via Middle Low German or Middle Dutch dansen and Central German.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtan(t)sən/, [-t͡sn̩], [-sn̩]
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Verb edit

tanzen (weak, third-person singular present tanzt, past tense tanzte, past participle getanzt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to dance

Usage notes edit

  • The perfect auxiliary is normally haben, but sein is used when there is a movement from place to place. For example: Wir haben auf der Straße getanzt. (We danced in the street.). But: Wir sind durch die Straße getanzt. (“We danced through the street”, i.e. from one end to another.)

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