lauschen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German lūschen, akin to Middle Low German lûschen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaʊ̯ʃn̩/, /ˈlaʊ̯ʃən/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: lau‧schen

Verb

lauschen (weak, third-person singular present lauscht, past tense lauschte, past participle gelauscht, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to listen (to wait for a sound)
  2. (intransitive) to eavesdrop
    • 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11:
      Bis gegen 11 Uhr saß der Einsiedler vor der Hütte, schmauchte sein Pfeifchen und lauschte in die stille Nacht hinaus.
      Until about 11 o’clock the hermit sat in front of the hut, puffed away at his little pipe and listened out into the silent night.
  3. (transitive, with dative) to listen to
    Lausch meinem Wunsch — wecke die Macht in meinem Herz.
    Listen to my wish — awaken the power in my heart.

Conjugation

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Derived terms
  • Lauschohr
  • Lauschrohr
  • Lauschangriff
  • Lauschapparat
  • Lauschvorrichtung

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