zuigen

Meaning

  1. suck
  2. vacuum, hoover
  3. (intransitive) suckle, nurse
  4. pester
  5. (colloquial) to be bad, to suck

Synonyms

opzuigen

aanzuigen

zabbelen

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzœy̯.ɣə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch sugen, from Old Dutch sūgan, from Proto-West Germanic *sūgan, from Proto-Germanic *sūganą. The meaning "be bad" is a semantic loan from English suck.

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