keuchen

German

Etymology

From a conflation of Middle High German kuchen (to breathe) (from Proto-Germanic *kuh-) and Middle High German kīchen (to breathe hard; pant; gasp; wheeze). Compare Dutch kuchen, English cough.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔʏ̯çən/, [ˈkʰɔʏ̯çn̩]
  • (file)

Verb

keuchen (third-person singular simple present keucht, past tense keuchte, past participle gekeucht, auxiliary haben)

  1. to gasp
  2. to pant

Conjugation

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