saugen
German, verb
saugen is spelled S-A-U-G-E-N (6 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written German, the 12,686th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saugen is a German verb meaning “to suck (to create underpressure with a tube-like object such as one's mouth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, säugen is a different word: “to lactate”. With a capital, Saugen is a different word: “gerund of saugen”. On this page, Säugen is a different word: “gerund of säugen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas heran oder in sich hinein befördern, indem Unterdruck geschaffen wird”.
What does saugen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suck (to create underpressure with a tube-like object such as one's mouth)
an etwas saugen
- 2
to suck (something)
- 3
colloquialellipsis of staubsaugen (“to vacuum”)
- 4
colloquialto download something, especially illegally
- 5
datedslangto suck (to be inferior or objectionable)
Das saugt total.
verb
- 1
to lactate
- 2
to suckle, give suck, nurse, breast-feed
noun
- 1
neutergerund of saugen
noun
- 1
neutergerund of säugen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas heran oder in sich hinein befördern, indem Unterdruck geschaffen wird 2. ein saugendes Gerät betätigen
verb: 1. (Säugling) stillen, (einem Säugling) die Brust geben 2. Jungtier tränken (Kalb, Ferkel …)
noun: 1. An- oder Aufnehmen mit Hilfe von Unterdruck
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of saugen
- säugt present singular third-person
- säugte past
- gesäugt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- säugend participle present
- säuge first-person indicative present
- säugst indicative present second-person
- säugest second-person singular subjunctive
- säuget plural second-person subjunctive
- säugten first-person indicative plural
- säugtest indicative preterite second-person
- säugtet indicative plural preterite
- säug imperative second-person singular
- habe gesäugt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gesäugt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sauge present
- saugst present
- saugt present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to saugen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is saugen in German?
saugen appears 4.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).