Gräuel

German

Alternative forms

• Greuel (pre-1996)

Etymology

From Middle High German griu(we)l, from the root of grauen (“to cause terror”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁɔʏ̯əl/

• Audio:

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Noun

Gräuel m (strong, genitive Gräuels, plural Gräuel)

1. horror, atrocity
2. aversion, anathema

Declension

Declension of Gräuel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Gräuel	die	Gräuel
genitive	eines	des	Gräuels	der	Gräuel
dative	einem	dem	Gräuel	den	Gräueln
accusative	einen	den	Gräuel	die	Gräuel

Usage notes

• The spelling Gräuel has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In the affected areas, the previous spelling (Greuel) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.
• However, this particular reform spelling is among the less consistently followed and Greuel is still fairly frequent.

Derived terms

• Gräueltat

Related terms

• gräulich

Further reading

• “Gräuel” in Duden online
• “Gräuel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache