An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/schluchzen
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| This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry schluchzen. | Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language |
schluchzen, verb ‘to sob,’ from the equivalent late Middle High German sluckzen; properly a frequentative of schlucken, which in Middle High German also means ‘to sob.’ See seufzen (Old High German *sluhhazzen, *slucchazzen, are wanting). —