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Bavarian
- sauffa (West Central Bavarian)
Etymology
From Middle High German soufen (“to drink, slurp, sink, go down”), from Old High German sūfan, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną. Cognates include Yiddish זויפֿן (zoyfn), German saufen, Dutch zuipen, Swedish supa (Old Norse súpa), English sup.
Pronunciation
Verb
saufn (past participle gsoffn) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian)
- (transitive or intransitive, of an animal) to drink
- (transitive or intransitive, informal, of a person) to drink, especially in large quantities; to quaff; to swig
- (intransitive, informal, of a person) to booze; to consume alcohol excessively (in terms of quantity or frequency)
Conjugation