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sickern
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German
Etymology
An iterative construction, seihen + -ern, with emphatic doubling of the consonant, preserving the original /k/. Exclusively dialectal until the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Verb
sickern (weak, third-person singular present sickert, past tense sickerte, past participle gesickert, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to ooze, to seep
- Überschüssiges Wasser sickert in den Boden.
- Excess water seeps into the ground.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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