German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German riuspern.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁɔɪ̯spɐn]
  • Hyphenation: räus‧pern
  • (file)

Verb edit

räuspern (weak, third-person singular present räuspert, past tense räusperte, past participle geräuspert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to clear one's throat, to cough slightly (when trying to get attention)

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “räuspern”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading edit

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