verb
to vacuum
B1
Staubsaugen (separable verb) means to vacuum or hoover. Commonly used with a direct object (den Teppich staubsaugen). Auxiliary for perfect is haben; past participle gestaubsaugt. It's a regular (weak) verb and separable: ich sauge Staub / ich staubsauge. Not reflexive.
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Ich habe das Auto staubgesaugt.
I vacuumed the car.
Sie staubsaugte das ganze Haus.
She vacuumed the whole house.
Ich staubsauge die Wohnung.
I'm vacuuming the apartment.
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Imagine pushing a vacuum cleaner and the dust being sucked up; the verb pictures that action.
Think 'stowb-sow-gen' — the vacuum 'sucks' dust.
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Alternative spelling and writing: 'Staub saugen' (two words) or 'staubsaugen' (one word).