keuchen

German

Etymology

From a conflation of Middle High German kuchen (“to breathe”) (from Proto-Germanic *kuh-) and kīchen (“to breathe hard; pant; gasp; wheeze”), ultimately of imitative origin. Compare Dutch kuchen, English cough.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔʏ̯çən/, [ˈkɔʏ̯çn̩]
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Verb

keuchen (weak, third-person singular present keucht, past tense keuchte, past participle gekeucht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to gasp
  2. to pant

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “keuchen” in Duden online
  • “keuchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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