suhlen

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German süln, suln, soln, from Old High German *sullen, *solōn (attested in bisullen), from Proto-Germanic *sulwijaną, *sulwōną (to soil, make dirty), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (thick liquid). Cognate with English soil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzuːlən/
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  • Hyphenation: suh‧len

Verb

suhlen (weak, third-person singular present suhlt, past tense suhlte, past participle gesuhlt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to wallow (roll about in mud etc.)
  2. (reflexive, figurative) to wallow (immerse oneself in, savour, relish, especially something perceived as negative)
    sich in Selbstmitleid suhlento wallow in self-pity
  3. (transitive, dialectal) to soil (to make dirty)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • suhlen” in Duden online
  • suhlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache