German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German riuspern.[1]

Pronunciation

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

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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

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References

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

Further reading

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