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Der Schaffner nuschelt die Durchsage, und Otti versteht kein Wort. The conductor mumbles the announcement, and Otti doesn't understand a word.

verb · B2

nuscheln

[ˈnʊʃl̩n]

to mumble

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es nuschelt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es nuschelte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat genuschelt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich nuschlenuscheltehabe genuschelt
du nuschelstnuscheltesthast genuschelt
er/sie/es nuscheltnuscheltehat genuschelt
wir nuschelnnuscheltenhaben genuschelt
ihr nuscheltnuscheltethabt genuschelt
sie/Sie nuschelnnuscheltenhaben genuschelt
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte genuscheltwerde nuschelnwerde genuschelt haben
du hattest genuscheltwirst nuschelnwirst genuschelt haben
er/sie/es hatte genuscheltwird nuschelnwird genuschelt haben
wir hatten genuscheltwerden nuschelnwerden genuschelt haben
ihr hattet genuscheltwerdet nuschelnwerdet genuschelt haben
sie/Sie hatten genuscheltwerden nuschelnwerden genuschelt haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich nuschelte
du nuscheltest
er/sie/es nuschelte
wir nuschelten
ihr nuscheltet
sie/Sie nuschelten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde nuscheln.

Person Imperativ
du nuschle!
ihr nuschelt!
Sie nuscheln Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

nuschel root n ending

-n
the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.

Word family

das Genuschel

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