wiederkäuen

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German

Etymology

15th century, from wieder- (re-, again) +‎ käuen (chew), the latter is an otherwise obsolete variant of kauen (see there).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːdərˌkɔʏ̯ən/, , ,
  • Hyphenation: wie‧der‧käu‧en
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Verb

wiederkäuen (weak, third-person singular present käut wieder, past tense käute wieder, past participle wiedergekäut, auxiliary haben)

  1. to ruminate, chew the cud
  2. (figurative) to recapitulate in a boring way, to repeat old ideas and slogans, to study something without original thinking; to regurgitate
    • 2022 September 22, Lars Penning, “Das Kino und die Welt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Ohne das an dieser Stelle noch einmal alles im Detail wiederkäuen zu wollen: Godard dachte mit Film über das Kino und die Welt nach, er tat dies mit intellektueller Schärfe und einem gewissen Humor und wusste sich auch selbst stets gut in Szene zu setzen.
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