Meaning
- (class-2, intransitive, strong, weak) to suck (to create underpressure with a tube-like object such as one's mouth)
- (class-2, strong, transitive, weak) to suck (something)
- (abbreviation, alt-of, class-2, colloquial, ellipsis, strong, weak) ellipsis of staubsaugen (“to vacuum”)
- (Internet, class-2, colloquial, strong, transitive, weak) to download something, especially illegally
- (class-2, dated, intransitive, slang, strong, weak) to suck (to be inferior or objectionable)
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
söggele
Basel-Landschaft
lulle
Basel-Landschaft
luurtsche
Basel-Landschaft
ninnele
Basel-Landschaft
nuggele
Basel-Landschaft
nuggerle
Basel-Landschaft
nunnele
Basel-Landschaft
syggele
Basel-Landschaft
suuge
Basel-Landschaft
suggele
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈzaʊ̯ɡn̩]
Etymology
In summary
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.
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