räuspern

German

Etymology

From Middle High German riuspern.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʁɔɪ̯spɐn]
  • Hyphenation: räus‧pern
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Verb

räuspern (weak, third-person singular present räuspert, past tense räusperte, past participle geräuspert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to clear one's throat, to cough slightly (when trying to get attention)

Conjugation

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References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “räuspern”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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