kichern
See also: Kichern
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Of imitative origin, or perhaps a fusion of Middle High German kitzern, kittern (“to giggle”), and German gickeln, gickern (“to giggle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kichern (weak, third-person singular present kichert, past tense kicherte, past participle gekichert, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | kichern | ||||
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present participle | kichernd | ||||
past participle | gekichert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kichre ich kichere ich kicher |
wir kichern | i | ich kichere ich kichre |
wir kichern |
du kicherst | ihr kichert | du kicherest du kichrest |
ihr kicheret ihr kichret | ||
er kichert | sie kichern | er kichere er kichre |
sie kichern | ||
preterite | ich kicherte | wir kicherten | ii | ich kicherte1 | wir kicherten1 |
du kichertest | ihr kichertet | du kichertest1 | ihr kichertet1 | ||
er kicherte | sie kicherten | er kicherte1 | sie kicherten1 | ||
imperative | kichre (du) kicher (du) kichere (du) |
kichert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.