säubern

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German siubern, sūbern, from Old High German sūbaren, sūbiren, sūbarōn. By surface analysis, sauber +‎ -n. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzɔʏ̯bəʁn/, [ˈzɔʏ̯bɐn] (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈsɔʏ̯bɛʁn/, [ˈsɔɛ̯-], [-bɐn] (Austria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) Hyphenation: säu‧bern === Verb === säubern (weak, third-person singular present säubert, past tense säuberte, past participle gesäubert, auxiliary haben) to clean, to cleanse Synonyms: saubermachen; reinigen ==== Usage notes ==== Säubern also is used in political context: eine Organisation säubern "to remove politically unwanted persons from an organisation". One cannot use saubermachen and reinigen in this context. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Säubern, Säuberer, Säuberung säubernd, gesäubert versäubern === Further reading === “säubern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “säubern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “säubern” in Duden online “säubern” in OpenThesaurus.de “säubern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon