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baden

bathe

verb BAH-den Rare
Body & Health Personal Care

Also means

swim

Usage Note

baden means to take a bath or to swim in open water for pleasure, from das Bad. Figuratively baden gehen means to fail or come a cropper. The perfect takes haben.

Examples

"Am See baden wir den ganzen Nachmittag."

Natural Translation

At the lake we bathe the whole afternoon.

Literal Translation

At-the lake bathe we the whole afternoon.

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