Sauhaufen

German

Etymology

Sau +‎ Haufen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaʊ̯ˌhaʊ̯fn̩] (Germany)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɔ̯ˌhaɔ̯fn̩/ (Austria)
• Hyphenation: Sau‧hau‧fen

• Audio:

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Noun

Sauhaufen m (strong, genitive Sauhaufens, plural Sauhaufen)

1. (colloquial) a mess
2. (colloquial) a shower (a group of people perceived as incompetent or worthless)

Declension

Declension of Sauhaufen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sauhaufen	die	Sauhaufen
genitive	eines	des	Sauhaufens	der	Sauhaufen
dative	einem	dem	Sauhaufen	den	Sauhaufen
accusative	einen	den	Sauhaufen	die	Sauhaufen

Further reading

• “Sauhaufen” in Duden online
• “Sauhaufen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Sauhaufen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon