grauen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German grūwen, from Old High German (in)grūēn, probably from or related to Proto-West Germanic *grīsan (to be frightened).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁaʊ̯ən/
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Verb

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grauen (weak, third-person singular present graut, past tense graute, past participle gegraut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (impersonal, + dative) to cause terror
    Mir graut es schon vor der Prüfung.
    I am already terrified of the exam.
  2. (reflexive) to be terrified
    Ich graue mich vor der morgigen Prüfung.
    I am already terrified of tomorrow's exam.
  3. (intransitive, of the morning) to break
  4. to become grey
    Sein Fell graut.His fur is turning grey.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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grauen

  1. inflection of grau:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Further reading

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