zausen
German, verb
zausen is spelled Z-A-U-S-E-N (6 letters). Zausen is a German verb meaning “to ruffle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Zausen is a different word: “gerund of zausen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “so an etwas zerren und ziehen, dass es dabei in Unordnung gerät”.
What does zausen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ruffle
noun
- 1
neutergerund of zausen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so an etwas zerren und ziehen, dass es dabei in Unordnung gerät 2. freundschaftlich ziehen, oder etwas gröber streicheln, wobei die Haare in Unordnung geraten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of zausen
- zaust present singular third-person
- zauste past
- gezaust participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zausend participle present
- zause first-person indicative present
- zausest second-person singular subjunctive
- zauset plural second-person subjunctive
- zausten first-person indicative plural
- zaustest indicative preterite second-person
- zaustet indicative plural preterite
- zaus imperative second-person singular
- habe gezaust first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gezaust first-person indicative multiword-construction
- zaus! imperative singular
- zause! imperative singular
- zaust! imperative plural
- gezaust haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).