rauschen

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See also: Rauschen and Räuschen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rūschen, riuschen, from Old High German *rūskōn, from Proto-Germanic *rūskōną (to storm, whiz, make a noise). More at rush.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʁaʊ̯ʃən/,
  • Hyphenation: rau‧schen

Verb

rauschen (weak, third-person singular present rauscht, past tense rauschte, past participle gerauscht, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to rustle, murmur (make a regular continuous sound similar to e.g. waves at a shore or moving leaves in a forest)
  2. (figuratively) to sweep (travel quickly)
    • 1913, Walther Kabel, Ein gefährliches Abenteuer, Georg E. Nagel, page 4:
      Die See lag wie ein Spiegel da, und nur hin und wieder rauschte eine Brandungswelle gegen das sandige Ufer.
      The sea lay there like a mirror, and only now and then a breaking wave swept against the sandy shore.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • rauschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • rauschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • rauschen” in Duden online
  • rauschen” in OpenThesaurus.de