saunen

German

Etymology

From Sauna (“sauna”) +‎ -en, after the plural Saunen (“saunas”) and by analogy with duschen (“to shower”) and baden (“to bathe”), which exhibit the same alternation between intransitive and reflexive use.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzaʊ̯nən/, [ˈzäo̯nən], [ˈzäo̯nn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: sau‧nen

Verb

saunen (weak, third-person singular present saunt, past tense saunte, past participle gesaunt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive or reflexive) to sauna (use a sauna)
    Wir saunen (uns) jeden Donnerstag.
    We sauna every Thursday.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “saunen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “saunen” in Duden online
  • “saunen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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