sudern

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzuːdɐn/
  • IPA(key): /ˈsuːdɐn/ (Austria, some southern German speakers)
  • Hyphenation: su‧dern

Etymology

Related to Sud (stock, brew) from sieden (to boil), probably indicating a slowly simmering anger.

Verb

sudern (weak, third-person singular present sudert, past tense suderte, past participle gesudert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Austria, informal) to complain or grumble unconstructively
    Synonyms: nörgeln, meckern, jammern
Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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