säugen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German söugen, from Old High German sougen, from Proto-West Germanic *saugijan, from Proto-Germanic *saugijaną (“to cause to suck, nourish”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūganą (“to suck”). Cognate with Old Saxon sōgian (“to suckle”), modern German Low German sögen (“to suckle”). Related to German saugen (“to suck”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzɔʏ̯ɡən/, [ˈzɔʏ̯ɡŋ̍] IPA(key): /ˈsɔɛ̯ɡɛn/, [-ɡŋ̩] (Austria) Hyphenation: säu‧gen === Verb === säugen (weak, third-person singular present säugt, past tense säugte, past participle gesäugt, auxiliary haben) to lactate to suckle, give suck, nurse, breast-feed ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Säugen, Säuger, Säugung, Säugling säugend, gesäugt ==== Related terms ==== saugen Säugetier === Further reading === “säugen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “säugen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “säugen” in Duden online “säugen” in OpenThesaurus.de säugen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de