röcheln

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German rücheln, rühelen (to neigh; to roar), iterative of rohen, ruohen (to roar; to grunt; to make noise), from Old High German rohōn (to roar; to grunt).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: rö‧cheln
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Verb

röcheln (weak, third-person singular present röchelt, past tense röchelte, past participle geröchelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to rattle, to breathe while making snoring, rattling sounds

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “röcheln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. ^ röcheln” in Duden online

Further reading

  • röcheln” in Duden online
  • röcheln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • röcheln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon