grauen
See also: Grauen
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German grūwen, from Old High German (in)grūēn, probably from or related to Proto-West Germanic *grīsan (“to be frightened”).
Verb
editgrauen (weak, third-person singular present graut, past tense graute, past participle gegraut, auxiliary haben)
- (impersonal) to cause terror [with dative ‘in someone’ and vor (+ dative) ‘because of something’]
- Mir graut es schon vor der Prüfung.
- I am already terrified of the exam.
- 1995, May Ayim, “deutschland im herbst”, in blues in schwarz weiss, →ISBN:
- so ist es: / deutschland im herbst / mir graut vor dem winter
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive) to be terrified [with vor (+ dative) ‘of something’]
- Ich graue mich vor der morgigen Prüfung.
- I am already terrified of tomorrow's exam.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | grauen | ||||
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present participle | grauend | ||||
past participle | gegraut | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich graue | wir grauen | i | ich graue | wir grauen |
du graust | ihr graut | du grauest | ihr grauet | ||
er graut | sie grauen | er graue | sie grauen | ||
preterite | ich graute | wir grauten | ii | ich graute1 | wir grauten1 |
du grautest | ihr grautet | du grautest1 | ihr grautet1 | ||
er graute | sie grauten | er graute1 | sie grauten1 | ||
imperative | grau (du) graue (du) |
graut (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle High German grāwen, from Old High German grāwēn, grāwōn, from Proto-West Germanic *grāwēn. By surface analysis, grau + -en.
Verb
editgrauen (weak, third-person singular present graut, past tense graute, past participle gegraut, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, of the morning) to break, to dawn
- 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten[1] (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
- Und die Sterne gingen mit dem nächtlichen Dunkel, der Morgen graute, ich aber las und las und hatte nicht gehört, daß man drüben von der Erlöserkirche längst schon zur Frühmesse geläutet hatte.
- And the stars went away with the dark of the night, the morning broke, however I read and read and hadn't heard that they had already long since sounded the knell of the early mass at the Church of the Redeemer.
- (intransitive, of the evening) to dusk
- (intransitive, archaic) to become grey
- Sein Fell graut. ― His fur is turning grey.
- Synonym: ergrauen
Conjugation
editinfinitive | grauen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | grauend | ||||
past participle | gegraut | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich graue | wir grauen | i | ich graue | wir grauen |
du graust | ihr graut | du grauest | ihr grauet | ||
er graut | sie grauen | er graue | sie grauen | ||
preterite | ich graute | wir grauten | ii | ich graute1 | wir grauten1 |
du grautest | ihr grautet | du grautest1 | ihr grautet1 | ||
er graute | sie grauten | er graute1 | sie grauten1 | ||
imperative | grau (du) graue (du) |
graut (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
editgrauen
- inflection of grau:
Further reading
edit- “grauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “grauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “grauen” in Duden online
- “grauen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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