saufen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German soufen (“to drink, slurp, sink, go down”), from Old High German sūfan, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną. Cognate with Dutch zuipen, Swedish supa (Old Norse súpa), English sup. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzaʊ̯fən/, [ˈzäo̯fn̩] IPA(key): /ˈsao̯fn̩/ (Austria, Bavaria) Hyphenation: sau‧fen === Verb === saufen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present säuft, past tense soff, past participle gesoffen, past subjunctive söffe, auxiliary haben) (transitive or intransitive, of an animal) to drink (transitive or intransitive, informal, of a person) to drink, especially in large quantities; to quaff; to swig (intransitive, informal, of a person) to booze; to consume alcohol excessively (in terms of quantity or frequency) Synonym: see Thesaurus:betrinken ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Saufen, Säufer, Suff besaufen, ersaufen, schönsaufen, versaufen ==== Related terms ==== absaufen, aussaufen durchsaufen, wegsaufen seufzen === References === === Further reading === “saufen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “saufen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “saufen” in Duden online “saufen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Luxembourgish == === Etymology === From Old High German sūfan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzæu̯fen/, [ˈzæˑʊ̯.fən] === Verb === saufen (third-person singular present säift, past participle gesoff, auxiliary verb hunn) to drink (of animals, or with large quantities or alcohol) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Soff