grausen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German grūsen, from Old High German (ir)grū(wi)sōn, from the root of grauen (“dread, horror”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]grausen (weak, third-person singular present graust, past tense grauste, past participle gegraust, auxiliary haben)
- (impersonal) to cause to feel dread [with accusative or dative ‘someone’, along with vor (+ dative) ‘of something’] (idiomatically translated by English dread with the dative or accusative object as the subject)
- Mir/Mich graust es vor der Nacht.
- I dread the night.
- (reflexive) to feel dread [with vor (+ dative) ‘of something’]
- Ich grause mich vor Spinnen.
- I dread spiders.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | grausen | ||||
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present participle | grausend | ||||
past participle | gegraust | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich grause | wir grausen | i | ich grause | wir grausen |
du graust | ihr graust | du grausest | ihr grauset | ||
er graust | sie grausen | er grause | sie grausen | ||
preterite | ich grauste | wir grausten | ii | ich grauste1 | wir grausten1 |
du graustest | ihr graustet | du graustest1 | ihr graustet1 | ||
er grauste | sie grausten | er grauste1 | sie grausten1 | ||
imperative | graus (du) grause (du) |
graust (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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