käuen

See also: kauen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kiuwen, from Old High German kiuwan, from Proto-West Germanic *keuwan, from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (to chew).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔɪ̯ən/
  • (file)

Verb

käuen (weak, third-person singular present käut, past tense käute, past participle gekäut, auxiliary haben)

  1. Obsolete form of kauen.
    • 1851, Heinrich Heine, “Jetzt wohin?”, in Romanzero, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Doch es ängstet mich ein Land, / Wo die Menschen Tabak käuen, / Wo sie ohne König kegeln, / Wo sie ohne Spucknapf speien.
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Usage notes

Still current in the verb wiederkäuen (to ruminate).

Conjugation

Further reading

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