zocken
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Yiddish צחקען (tskhoken, “to gamble”),[1] from Hebrew שיחק / שִׂחֵק (sikhék, “to play”) or צָחַק (tsakhák, “to laugh”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editzocken (weak, third-person singular present zockt, past tense zockte, past participle gezockt, auxiliary haben)
- to gamble
- (video games) to play video games
- 2016 January 30, Eva Przybyla, “Es lebe der Videoabend!”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN, page 47:
- Wer dann nach dem Film doch keine Lust mehr hat, mit seiner Begleitung über den Film zu streiten, trinkt halt weiter. Oder kickert im geräumigen Keller, raucht oder zockt an der Retro-Konsole. Nett ist das.
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Conjugation
editinfinitive | zocken | ||||
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present participle | zockend | ||||
past participle | gezockt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich zocke | wir zocken | i | ich zocke | wir zocken |
du zockst | ihr zockt | du zockest | ihr zocket | ||
er zockt | sie zocken | er zocke | sie zocken | ||
preterite | ich zockte | wir zockten | ii | ich zockte1 | wir zockten1 |
du zocktest | ihr zocktet | du zocktest1 | ihr zocktet1 | ||
er zockte | sie zockten | er zockte1 | sie zockten1 | ||
imperative | zock (du) zocke (du) |
zockt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Duden, Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, ed. 1989
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