saugen

Signification

1. (class-2,intransitive,strong,weak) to suck (to create underpressure with a tube-like object such as one's mouth)
2. (class-2,strong,transitive,weak) to suck (something)
3. (abbreviation,alt-of,class-2,colloquial,ellipsis,strong,weak) Ellipsis of staubsaugen (“to vacuum”).
4. (Internet,class-2,colloquial,strong,transitive,weak) to download something, especially illegally
5. (class-2,dated,intransitive,slang,strong,weak) to suck (to be inferior or objectionable)

Coupé comme

sau‧gen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈzaʊ̯ɡn̩]

Étymologie

From Middle High German sūgen, from Old High German sūgan (“to suck”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūgan, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą, from Proto-Indo-European *sewk-. The sense “be inferior or objectionable”, which was never common and always somewhat jocular or tongue-in-cheek, is a semantic loan from English suck in the same sense.
Compare Low German sugen, Dutch zuigen, Danish suge.

Phrases

Im Notfall muss man sich halt irgendwas aus den Fingern saugen .

En cas d'urgence, vous devez sucer quelque chose de vos doigts.