Masculine
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Säugling

Meaning

baby, infant, newborn, suckling

Concepts

newborn child

boys kept by pederasts

suckling baby

suckling child

imperial children

imperial child

unweaned baby

infaneto

little sweetie

small insect

Frequency

23k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

buschelkind

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

buschi

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈzɔʏ̯klɪŋ]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German sūgelinc, equivalent to säug(en) + -ling. Cognate with English suckling, Dutch zuigeling (“suckling”).

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