kauche

See also: käüche and Käüche

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• koke (Maastrichtian, Valkenburg)
• koake (Southeast Limburgish)
• kaoke (widespread variant)

Etymology

From Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkau̯.xə/
• Hyphenation: kau‧che
• Rhymes: -au̯xə

Verb

kauche (third-person singular present kaucht, past participle gekaucht, auxiliary verb haane)

1. (Eupen, intransitive, of a person) to cook, to prepare food (chiefly hot food for lunch or supper)
2. (Eupen) to boil
   1. (intransitive, of a liquid) (to reach the boiling point)
   2. (transitive) (to heat a liquid until it boils)
   3. (transitive) (to prepare something in such a liquid)

Conjugation

Regular (Eupen dialect)
infinitive	kauche
participle	gekaucht
auxiliary	haane
	present indicative	past indicative	imperative
1st singular	kauch	kauchde	—
2nd singular	kauchts	kauchdes	kauch
3rd singular	kaucht	kauchde	—
1st plural	kauche	kauchde	—
2nd plural	kaucht	kauchde	kaucht
3rd plural	kauche	kauchde	—

Derived terms

• Kauch (“cook”)