röcheln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German rücheln, rühelen (to neigh; to roar), iterative of rohen, ruohen (to roar; to grunt; to make noise), from Old High German rohōn (to roar; to grunt).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʁœçl̩n]
  • Hyphenation: rö‧cheln
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Verb

röcheln (weak, third-person singular present röchelt, past tense röchelte, past participle geröchelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to rattle, to breathe while making snoring, rattling sounds

Conjugation

References

  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “röcheln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. röcheln” in Duden online

Further reading

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