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trauern

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German trūren, from Old High German trūrēn, from Western Proto-Germanic *drūrēn-.[1] See Trauer (mourning).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: trau‧ern

Verb

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trauern (weak, third-person singular present trauert, past tense trauerte, past participle getrauert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to mourn
    Wer einen geliebten Menschen verloren hat, trauert um ihn.
    Anyone who has lost a loved one mourns for him.
  2. to be sad

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*deurja-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 94

Further reading

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  • trauern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • trauern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • trauern” in Duden online
  • trauern” in OpenThesaurus.de