tauen

Meaning

1. (impersonal,sometimes,weak) to thaw; to melt
2. (impersonal,usually,weak) to dew; there to appear (dew)

Concepts

thaw

melt

dew

dissolve

smelt

Synonyms

schmelzen

auftauen

betauen

einschmelzen

nieseln

sich auflösen

aufschmelzen

zerrinnen

zusammenschmelzen

besprengen

zerlassen

zerschmelzen

zerlaufen

dahinschmelzen

sprühen

berieseln

besprühen

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Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

daue

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as

tau‧en

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtaʊ̯ən/

Etymology

From late Middle High German touwen (“to thaw, dew”), a merger of two verbs:
* touwen (“to dew”), from Old High German touwōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dauwēn, from Proto-Germanic *dawwāną.
* douwen (“to thaw”), from Old High German douwen, from Proto-West Germanic *þauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *þawjaną.
The merger started in Central German dialects, many of which had d- in both verbs. The original form of verb 2 survives in verdauen (“to digest”).