saufen

From Middle High German soufen (“to drink, slurp, sink, go down”), from Old High German sūfan, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną. Cognate with Dutch zuipen, Swedish supa (Old Norse súpa), English sup.[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈzaʊ̯fən/, [ˈzäo̯fn̩]
• IPA^(key): /ˈsao̯fn̩/ (Austria, Bavaria)

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  (said in an unusual aggressive tone, apparently implying disapproval)
• Hyphenation: sau‧fen

saufen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present säuft, past tense soff, past participle gesoffen, past subjunctive söffe, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive or intransitive, of an animal) to drink
2. (transitive or intransitive, informal, of a person) to drink, especially in large quantities; to quaff; to swig
3. (intransitive, informal, of a person) to booze; to consume alcohol excessively (in terms of quantity or frequency)

• Saufen, Säufer, Suff
• besaufen, ersaufen, schönsaufen, versaufen

• absaufen, aussaufen
• durchsaufen, wegsaufen
• seufzen

• “saufen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “saufen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “saufen” in Duden online
• “saufen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Old High German sūfan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈzæu̯fen/, [ˈzæˑʊ̯.fən]

saufen (third-person singular present säift, past participle gesoff, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to drink (of animals, or with large quantities or alcohol)

• Soff