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German
Etymology
Middle High German sūs
Pronunciation
Noun
Saus m
- (archaic) rush (noise), noisy festivity
1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Walpurgisnacht”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:Ich lobt’ euch, wenn ich euch hübsch in der Mitte fände, / Von Saus umzirkt und Jugendbraus; / Genug allein ist jeder ja zu Haus.- I'd praise you if I found you snugly in the centre, / With youth and revel round you like a zone: / You each, at home, are quite enough alone.
Usage notes
Today only used in the idioms in Saus und Braus and in Saus und Braus leben.
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