coughen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• coghen, couwen, couhen

Etymology

From Old English *cohhian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔu̯xən/, /ˈkoːxən/

Verb

coughen

1. to cough

Conjugation

Conjugation of coughen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) coughen, coughe
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	coughe	coughed
2nd-person singular	coughest	coughedest
3rd-person singular	cougheth	coughed
subjunctive singular	coughe
imperative singular		—
plural1	coughen, coughe	cougheden, coughede
imperative plural	cougheth, coughe	—
participles	coughynge, coughende	coughed, ycoughed

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: cough

References

• “coughen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.