dräuen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German dreun, drewen, from Old High German drewen, from Proto-Germanic *þrawjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₃w- (to rub, bore, twist).

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  • Hyphenation: dräu‧en
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Verb

dräuen (weak, third-person singular present dräut, past tense dräute, past participle gedräut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, poetic) Archaic form of drohen.
    • 1841, Emanuel Geibel, “Hoffnung”, in Zeitstimmen:
      Und dräut der Winter noch so sehr / Mit trotzigen Gebärden, / Und streut er Eis und Schnee umher, / Es muß doch Frühling werden.
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    • a. 1862, Ludwig Uhland, “Das Nothemd”, in Balladen und Romanzen:
      Ich muß zu Feld, mein Töchterlein, / Und Böses dräut der Sterne Schein, / Drum schaff du mir ein Notgewand, / Du Jungfrau, mit der zarten Hand!
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