ächzen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German echzen, achzen, echezen, achezen (“to say, groan, lament”), from Old High German *ahhizen, *ahhizzen (“to say ‘ah’”), attested in the verbal noun ahhizōt, derived from the interjection ah (“oh; ah; my; alas”), whence modern ach (idem).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛçt͡sən/
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Verb

ächzen (weak, third-person singular present ächzt, past tense ächzte, past participle geächzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (of people) to groan
  2. (of things) to creak

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “ächzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “ächzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “ächzen” in Duden online
  • “ächzen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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