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German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German grem(m)en, ultimately from the root of gram (“angry”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁɛːmən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁeːmən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
- Hyphenation: grä‧men
Verb
grämen (weak, third-person singular present grämt, past tense grämte, past participle gegrämt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, dated or literary) to trouble; to worry; to make unhappy
- Synonyms: bekümmern, betrüben, Sorgen machen, traurig machen
- (reflexive, dated or literary) to feel sorrow; to worry; to be unhappy
- Synonyms: sich Sorgen machen, betrübt sein, traurig sein, unglücklich sein
Conjugation
Conjugation of
grämen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
grämen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “grämen” in Duden online
- “grämen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache