tauche

Tauche is a German verb form. It is the first-person singular present indicative form of tauchen, meaning to dive, submerge, or immerse. As such, it is used with the subject ich to describe an action the speaker is performing now. For example, Ich tauche in den See. The verb tauchen can be used both intransitively (to dive) and transitively (to dip or submerge something), as in Ich tauche den Stift in Tinte.

In grammar, tauchen has other forms across tenses and persons, such as ich tauche, du tauchst, er taucht, wir tauchen, ihr taucht, sie tauchen; the simple past is tauchte, and the past participle is getaucht. The infinitive is tauchen. The noun Tauchen, capitalized, denotes the activity or sport of diving, and related terms include der Taucher (the diver) and die Taucherbrille (diving goggles).

Etymology and relatives: tauchen is a native Germanic verb with cognates in other Germanic languages (for example Dutch duiken). The exact historical development varies by dialect, but the core meaning to submerge or dive remains common across sources.

See also: Tauchen (the activity), Taucher (diver), Taucherbrille (diving mask), and related phrases involving diving or submersion.