seufzen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German siufzen, alteration (after the suffix -zen as in ächzen etc.) of earlier siuften, sūften, from Old High German sūftēn, sūft(e)ōn, from Proto-West Germanic *sūftēn, *sūftōn. Cognate with Dutch zuchten, Middle Low German süchten, süften.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔʏ̯ftsən/, [ˈzɔø̯f.t͡sn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: seuf‧zen

Verb

seufzen (weak, third-person singular present seufzt, past tense seufzte, past participle geseufzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to sigh (to exhale audibly, usually accompanied by a deep, nasal sound of the voice)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “seufzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “seufzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “seufzen” in Duden online
  • “seufzen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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