peitschen

to lash/whip (of wind/rain)

Past (Präteritum)

peitschte

Past participle

gepeitscht (haben)

The verb describes forceful, repetitive movement, often used metaphorically for extreme weather conditions. It is a weak (regular) verb following standard conjugation patterns throughout all tenses and modes. It can be used both transitively (e.g. to whip a horse) and intransitively (e.g. wind whipping against a surface). Additional compounds often involve prefixes that describe the direction or result of the whipping motion, such as 'auspeitschen' or 'durchpeitschen'. In the context provided, it captures the aggressive force of the coastal wind against the truck cabin, conveying a sense of harshness and intensity reflecting the driver's inner state of mind at that moment of decision-making. Since the movement is driven by external force without a change of location for the subject, the auxiliary verb 'haben' is used in the perfect tenses. It is not generally reflexive in this specific usage context, though reflexive usage with 'sich' is possible in more figurative or aggressive contexts (e.g. 'sich durch das Leben peitschen'). It follows typical weak verb inflection rules without any irregular stem vowels, making it a predictable verb for learners to conjugate across all tenses, including the Konjunktiv II form 'peitschte' which remains identical to the Präteritum stem in this specific case, potentially leading to ambiguity which is resolved by surrounding context or auxiliary usage in the Konjunktiv II construction (e.g. 'würde peitschen').

Conjugation

Present

peitscht

present, singular, third-person

peitsche

first-person, indicative, present, singular

peitschen

first-person, indicative, plural, present

peitschst

indicative, present, second-person, singular

peitsch

colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular

Past

peitschte

past

peitschten

first-person, indicative, plural, preterite

peitschtest

indicative, preterite, second-person, singular

peitschtet

indicative, plural, preterite, second-person

Subjunctive

peitsche

first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

peitschen

first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

peitschest

second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

peitschet

plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

peitschte

first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

peitschten

first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

peitschtest

formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

peitschtet

formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

habe gepeitscht

first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive

haben gepeitscht

first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive

habest gepeitscht

multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive

habet gepeitscht

multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive

hätte gepeitscht

first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive

hätten gepeitscht

first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive

hättest gepeitscht

multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive

hättet gepeitscht

multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive

werde peitschen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werden peitschen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdest peitschen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdet peitschen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

würde peitschen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würden peitschen

first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würdest peitschen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würdet peitschen

future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

werde gepeitscht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werden gepeitscht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdest gepeitscht haben

future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

werdet gepeitscht haben

future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i

würde gepeitscht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

würden gepeitscht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii

Imperative

peitsch

imperative, second-person, singular

peitsche

imperative, second-person, singular

peitscht

imperative, plural, second-person

Participle

gepeitscht

participle, past

peitschend

participle, present

Infinitive

peitschen

infinitive

Other

habe gepeitscht

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular

haben gepeitscht

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural

hast gepeitscht

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular

habt gepeitscht

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person

hat gepeitscht

indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person

hatte gepeitscht

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular

hatten gepeitscht

first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural

hattest gepeitscht

indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular

hattet gepeitscht

indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person

peitschen werden

future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction

werde peitschen

first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular

werden peitschen

first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural

wirst peitschen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular

werdet peitschen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person

wird peitschen

future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person

gepeitscht haben werden

future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction

werde gepeitscht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular

werden gepeitscht haben

first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural

wirst gepeitscht haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular

werdet gepeitscht haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person

wird gepeitscht haben

future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person

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