FromMiddle High Germanbrūsen, fromOld High German*brūsen, fromProto-Germanic*brausijaną(“to break; crack; crackle”). More atbruise. The sense "to shower" is a back-formation fromBrause.
brausen (weak,third-person singular presentbraust,past tensebrauste,past participlegebraust,auxiliaryhabenorsein)
infinitive | brausen | ||||
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present participle | brausend | ||||
past participle | gebraust | ||||
auxiliary | haben orsein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ichbrause | wirbrausen | i | ichbrause | wirbrausen |
dubraust | ihrbraust | dubrausest | ihrbrauset | ||
erbraust | siebrausen | erbrause | siebrausen | ||
preterite | ichbrauste | wirbrausten | ii | ichbrauste1 | wirbrausten1 |
dubraustest | ihrbraustet | dubraustest1 | ihrbraustet1 | ||
erbrauste | siebrausten | erbrauste1 | siebrausten1 | ||
imperative | braus (du) brause (du) | braust (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative inwürde normally preferred.