grauen

See also: Grauen

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁaʊ̯ən/
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Verb

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.
    • 1995, May Ayim, “deutschland im herbst”, in blues in schwarz weiss, →ISBN:
      so ist es: / deutschland im herbst / mir graut vor dem winter
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  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

Derived terms

Adjective

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

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