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Danish
Etymology
hunde- + ræd
Adjective
hunderæd (neuter hunderæd, plural and definite singular attributive hunderædde)
- (informal) very scared, very frightened
Usage notes
Like ræd, hunderæd sometimes (rarely) unanticipatedly appears undeclinedly when predicative for a plural noun, as in these examples:
1956, Hans Aage Kaad, Korea kaldte: en danskers beretning fra fem års arbejde som welfare-officer indenfor FN's sociale hjælpearbejde i Korea:De var hunderæd for partisanerne, der som oftest var bedre udrustet samt bestialske i deres krigsførelse.- They were scared as hell of the partisans, who were usually better-equipped and, additionally, bestial in their waging of war.