Saus

See also: saus

German

Etymology

Middle High German sūs

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaʊ̯s/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯s

Noun

Saus m

  1. (archaic) rush (noise), noisy festivity
    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Walpurgisnacht”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:
      Ich lobt’ euch, wenn ich euch hübsch in der Mitte fände, / Von Saus umzirkt und Jugendbraus; / Genug allein ist jeder ja zu Haus.
      I'd praise you if I found you snugly in the centre, / With youth and revel round you like a zone: / You each, at home, are quite enough alone.

Usage notes

Today only used in the idioms in Saus und Braus and in Saus und Braus leben.

Further reading

  • Saus” in Duden online
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