gruseln

German

Etymology

Replaced Middle High German griuseln; equivalent to grausen +‎ -eln.[1]

Pronunciation
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Verb

gruseln (weak, third-person singular present gruselt, past tense gruselte, past participle gegruselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (construction with es) to provoke fear, horror, to horripilate
    Es gruselt mich.
  2. (reflexive) to feel fear, horror
    Ich grusele mich.

Conjugation

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References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1995), “gruseln”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 342

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