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German
Etymology
From Schauer (“shudder”) + -ig.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊʁɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
- Hyphenation: schau‧rig
Adjective
schaurig (strong nominative masculine singular schauriger, comparative schauriger, superlative am schaurigsten)
- creepy, eery, ghoulish, bloodcurdling, gruesome, scary, spooky, horrid, spine-chilling, spine-tingling
Declension
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Derived terms
Adverb
schaurig
- creepily, eerily, ghoulishly, etc.
References
- “schaurig” in Duden online
- “schaurig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache