German edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔʏ̯çən/, [ˈkɔʏ̯çn̩]
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Verb edit

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

  1. to gasp
  2. to pant

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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