saufen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German soufen (“to drink, slurp, sink, go down”), from Old High German sūfan, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną. Cognate with Dutch zuipen, Swedish supa (Old Norse súpa), English sup.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈzaʊ̯fən/, [ˈzäo̯fn̩]
- IPA(key): /ˈsao̯fn̩/ (Austria, Bavaria)
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) (said in an unusual aggressive tone, apparently implying disapproval) - Hyphenation: sau‧fen
Verb
[edit]saufen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present säuft, past tense soff, past participle gesoffen, past subjunctive söffe, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive, of an animal) to drink
- (transitive or intransitive, informal, of a person) to drink, especially in large quantities; to quaff; to swig
- (intransitive, informal, of a person) to booze; to consume alcohol excessively (in terms of quantity or frequency)
- Synonym: see Thesaurus:betrinken
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | saufen | ||||
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present participle | saufend | ||||
past participle | gesoffen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich saufe | wir saufen | i | ich saufe | wir saufen |
du säufst | ihr sauft | du saufest | ihr saufet | ||
er säuft | sie saufen | er saufe | sie saufen | ||
preterite | ich soff | wir soffen | ii | ich söffe1 | wir söffen1 |
du soffst | ihr sofft | du söffest1 du söffst1 |
ihr söffet1 ihr söfft1 | ||
er soff | sie soffen | er söffe1 | sie söffen1 | ||
imperative | sauf (du) saufe (du) |
sauft (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “saufen”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “saufen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “saufen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “saufen” in Duden online
- “saufen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German sūfan.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]saufen (third-person singular present säift, past participle gesoff, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to drink (of animals, or with large quantities or alcohol)
Conjugation
[edit]Irregular | ||
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infinitive | saufen | |
participle | gesoff | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | saufen | — |
2nd singular | säifs | sauf |
3rd singular | säift | — |
1st plural | saufen | — |
2nd plural | sauft | sauft |
3rd plural | saufen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
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