Staubsauger
التعريفات والمعاني
== German ==
=== Etymology ===
From Staub (“dust”) + saugen (“to suck”) + -er.
The word itself is attested since at least 1846, originally in the textile industry. (see quote)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈʃtaʊ̯pˌzaʊ̯ɡɐ/
=== Noun ===
Staubsauger m (strong, genitive Staubsaugers, plural Staubsauger)
vacuum cleaner, hoover
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
staubsaugen
==== Descendants ====
→ Bulgarian: прахосмукачка (prahosmukačka) (calque)
→ Esperanto: polvosuĉilo (calque)
→ Estonian: tolmuimeja (calque)
→ Finnish: pölynimuri (calque)
→ Hungarian: porszívó (calque)
→ Latvian: putekļsūcējs (calque)
→ Macedonian: правосмукалка (pravosmukalka) (calque)
→ Russian: пылесос (pylesos)
→ Armenian: փոշեծծիչ (pʻošeccičʻ), փոշեկուլ (pʻošekul)
→ Azerbaijani: tozsoran (calque)
→ Swedish: dammsugare (calque)
→ Yiddish: שטויבזויגער (shtoybzoyger)
=== Further reading ===
“Staubsauger” in Duden online
“Staubsauger”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[2] (in German)