räuspern

German

Etymology

From Middle High German riuspern.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʀɔɪ̯spɐn]
  • Hyphenation: räus‧pern

Verb

räuspern (third-person singular simple present räuspert, past tense räusperte, past participle geräuspert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to clear one's throat, to cough slightly (when trying to get attention)

Conjugation

References

  1. räuspern in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading

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