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sausen

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Noun

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sausen

  1. plural of saus

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German sūsen, from Old High German sūsōn, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzaʊ̯zən/, [ˈzaʊ̯zn̩] (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑɔ̯sɛn/, [ˈsɑɔ̯sn̩] (Austria)
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  • Hyphenation: sau‧sen

Verb

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sausen (weak, third-person singular present saust, past tense sauste, past participle gesaust, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to rush
  2. to dash, to whizz
    • 2012 April 16, Die Welt[1], 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.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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sausen m

  1. definite singular of saus

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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sausen m

  1. definite singular of saus