grausen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German grūsen, from Old High German (ir)grū(wi)sōn, from the root of grauen (dread, horror).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: grau‧sen

Verb

grausen (weak, third-person singular present graust, past tense grauste, past participle gegraust, auxiliary haben)

  1. (impersonal) to cause to feel dread (idiomatically translated by English dread with the dative or accusative object as the subject)
    Mir/Mich graust es vor der Nacht.
    I dread the night.
  2. (reflexive) to feel dread
    Ich grause mich vor Spinnen.
    I dread spiders.

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Further reading

  • grausen” in Duden online
  • grausen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache