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saugen.

to suck (to create underpressure with a tube-like object such as one's mouth)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈzaʊ̯ɡn̩][-ɡŋ̩]/ˈsɑɔ̯ɡn̩/[-ɡŋ̩]Austria
  1. to suck (to create underpressure with a tube-like object such as one's mouth)

    class-2 · intransitive · strong · weak
    an etwas saugen
  2. to suck (something)

    class-2 · strong · transitive · weak
  3. ellipsis of staubsaugen (“to vacuum”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · class-2 · colloquial · ellipsis · strong · weak
  4. to download something, especially illegally

    Internet · class-2 · colloquial · strong · transitive · weak
  5. to suck (to be inferior or objectionable)

    class-2 · dated · intransitive · slang · strong · weak
    Das saugt total.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German sūgen, from Old High German sūgan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūgan, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sewk-. The sense “be inferior or objectionable”, which was never common and always somewhat jocular or tongue-in-cheek, is a semantic loan from English suck in the same sense. Compare Low German sugen, Dutch zuigen, Danish suge.

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