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wuscheln

wuscheln

German

Verb

wuscheln (third-person singular simple present wuschelt, past tense wuschelte, past participle gewuschelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to tousle (e.g. hair)

Usage notes

  • Prefixed verbs from this stem are more common than the bare form (see below).
  • The verbs wuscheln and nuscheln seem to be the only two German words of native origin in which the sound [ʒ] is heard.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • durchwuscheln
  • verwuscheln
  • wuschelig
  • Wuschelkopf