grauen

From Middle High German grūwen, from Old High German (in)grūēn, probably from or related to Proto-West Germanic *grīsan (“to be frightened”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁaʊ̯ən/

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grauen (weak, third-person singular present graut, past tense graute, past participle gegraut, auxiliary haben)

1. (impersonal, + dative) to cause terror

   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)

2. (reflexive) to be terrified

   Ich graue mich vor der morgigen Prüfung.

   I am already terrified of tomorrow's exam.

3. (intransitive, of the morning) to break
4. to become grey

   Sein Fell graut. ― His fur is turning grey.

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grauen

1. inflection of grau:
   1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
   3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
   4. strong dative plural
   5. weak/mixed all-case plural

• “grauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “grauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “grauen” in Duden online