sausen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German sūsen, from Old High German sūsōn, of imitative origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzaʊ̯zən/, [ˈzaʊ̯zn̩] (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈsɑɔ̯sɛn/, [ˈsɑɔ̯sn̩] (Austria)
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Verb
sausen (weak, third-person singular present saust, past tense sauste, past participle gesaust, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to rush
- to dash, to whizz
- 2012 April 16, Die Welt, archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 20:
- Zahlreiche Sternschnuppen sausen in dieser Woche vom Nachthimmel.
- Numerous shooting stars are whizzing from the night sky this week.
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “sausen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “sausen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “sausen” in Duden online
- “sausen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
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