fauchen

== German == === Alternative forms === pfauchen (chiefly Austrian) === Etymology === From Middle High German pfūchen, phūchen, from Old High German *pfūhhan (“to spit, puff”), from Proto-Germanic *pukaną (“to spit, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). The modern onset f- instead of pf- is from East Central German. Compare English puke. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfaʊ̯xən/, [ˈfaʊ̯xən], [ˈfaʊ̯xn̩] === Verb === fauchen (weak, third-person singular present faucht, past tense fauchte, past participle gefaucht, auxiliary haben) (intransitive, animal sound) to hiss, to spit, to growl (intransitive, figurative) to hiss (e.g., escaping steam) (intransitive, figurative) to snap (to speak in an irritable way) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== anfauchen Fauchschabe Gefauche === Further reading === “fauchen” in Duden online “fauchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache