Saus
See also: saus
German
editEtymology
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editNoun
editSaus m
- (archaic) rush (noise), noisy festivity
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Walpurgisnacht”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One][1]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:
- Ich lobt’ euch, wenn ich euch hübsch in der Mitte fände, / Von Saus umzirkt und Jugendbraus; / Genug allein ist jeder ja zu Haus.
- I'd praise you if I found you snugly in the centre, / With youth and revel round you like a zone: / You each, at home, are quite enough alone.
Usage notes
editToday only used in the idioms in Saus und Braus and in Saus und Braus leben.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Saus” in Duden online
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