German

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Etymology

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Related to Sud (stock, brew) from sieden (to boil), probably indicating a slowly simmering anger.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzuːdɐn/
  • IPA(key): /ˈsuːd̥ɐn/ (Austria, some southern German speakers)
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  • Hyphenation: su‧dern

Verb

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sudern (weak, third-person singular present sudert, past tense suderte, past participle gesudert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Austria, informal) to complain or grumble unconstructively
    Synonyms: nörgeln, meckern, jammern, raunzen

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • sudern” in Duden online
  • sudern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sudern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon