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saugen

saugen

See also: säugen

German

Verb

saugen (class 2 strong, third-person singular simple present saugt, past tense sog, past participle gesogen, past subjunctive söge, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to suck; to create underpressure with a tube-like object such as one's mouth
    an etwas saugen ― to suck on something
  2. (transitive) to suck (something)
  3. (colloquial, transitive) to download something
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Etymology 2

Short for staubsaugen (to vacuum)

Verb

saugen (third-person singular simple present saugt, past tense saugte, past participle gesaugt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to vacuum
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