säuseln
German
Etymology
Since the 17th century, as a diminutivizing iterative sausen + -eln.[1][2] Compare Dutch suizelen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɔʏ̯zəln/, [ˈzɔʏ̯zl̩n]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: säu‧seln
Verb
säuseln (weak, third-person singular present säuselt, past tense säuselte, past participle gesäuselt, auxiliary haben)
- to rustle (to make a soft crackling sound)
- to purr (to say something in a seductive manner)
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- Immer wieder zupften ein paar furchtbar tantige Tanten an mir herum und säuselten etwas über meine unschuldige Schönheit.
- Without cease some terribly aunty aunts picked at me and purred something about my blameless beauty.
Conjugation
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Related terms
- ansäuseln
- besäuseln
- vollsäuseln
References
- Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “säuseln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- “säuseln” in Duden online
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