sickern

German

Etymology

An iterative construction, seihen +‎ -ern, with emphatic doubling of the consonant, preserving the original /k/. Exclusively dialectal until the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzɪkɐn]
  • IPA(key): [ˈsɪkɐn] (Austria)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

sickern (weak, third-person singular present sickert, past tense sickerte, past participle gesickert, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to ooze, to seep
    Überschüssiges Wasser sickert in den Boden.
    Excess water seeps into the ground.

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Further reading

  • sickern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sickern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sickern” in Duden online
  • sickern” in OpenThesaurus.de