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kauern

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Low German, eventually from Middle Low German kūren (to lurk, originally "to crouch, bend, sit hunched over"), whence also English cower, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (to curve, bend), see also Proto-Germanic *kuddô (shell, pod).[1]

Used in standard German since the 18th century, either directly from German Low German (then with an artificial adaptation of the vocalism) or through an East Central German dialect.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkaʊ̯ɐn/
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Verb

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kauern (weak, third-person singular present kauert, past tense kauerte, past participle gekauert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to crouch; to cower

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “393-98”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 393-98

Further reading

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