röcheln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rücheln, rühelen (“to neigh; to roar”), iterative of rohen, ruohen (“to roar; to grunt; to make noise”), from Old High German rohōn (“to roar; to grunt”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʁœçl̩n]
  • Hyphenation: rö‧cheln
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Verb

röcheln (weak, third-person singular present röchelt, past tense röchelte, past participle geröchelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to rattle, to breathe while making snoring, rattling sounds

Conjugation

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References
  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “röcheln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. “röcheln” in Duden online

Further reading
  • “röcheln” in Duden online
  • “röcheln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “röcheln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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