Staubsauger

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Etymology

From Staub (“dust”) +‎ saugen (“to suck”) +‎ -er.

The word itself is attested since at least 1846, originally in the textile industry. (see quote)

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Noun

Staubsauger m (strong, genitive Staubsaugers, plural Staubsauger)

  1. vacuum cleaner, hoover
    • 1846, Allgemeine polytechnische Zeitung und Handlungs-Zeitung.‎:
      Da diese lezte Ursache besonders im Winter vom Jahre 1822-23 in der Spinnfabrik zu Marienthal hervorgetreten ist, wo drei übereinander befindliche Arbeitssäle, jeder von 18 Klafter Länge, durch einen einszigen Heizapparat nach Meißner'ſchen Princip (vielleicht auch etwas fehlerhaft ausgeführt) beheizt werden sollten, und bei einer Kälte von 18 Grad R. besonders in stürsmischen Tagen in dem untersten Hechelsaale, wo die Staubsauger (Ventilateurs) wirkten und mit dem Staube zugleich viel Luft in die Radstube führten, so kam es, daß das Thermometer bier oft kaum 3 Grad R. + zeigte,während der Heizapparat rothglühend und in der Nähe der Luftausmündungen die Hize bis zum Erstiken gefliegen war.
      Since this last cause is particularly common in winter years 1822-23 in the spinning factory in Marienthal emerged where three work rooms located one above the other, each 18 fathoms long, were to be heated by a single heating device according to Meissner's principle (perhaps also somewhat incorrectly implemented), and with a cold of 18 degrees R. especially on stormy days in the In the lowest hackling room, where the vacuum cleaners (ventilators) worked and at the same time brought a lot of air into the wheel room with the dust, it happened that the thermometer often barely showed 3 degrees R. +, while the heater was red-hot and the heat near the air outlets had reached the point of suffocation.

Declension

Declension of Staubsauger
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Staubsauger die Staubsauger
genitive eines des Staubsaugers der Staubsauger
dative einem dem Staubsauger den Staubsaugern
accusative einen den Staubsauger die Staubsauger

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