raunen

From Middle High German rūnen, from Old High German rūnōn, from Proto-West Germanic *rūnōn, from Proto-Germanic *rūnōną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈraʊ̯nən/, [ˈʁaʊ̯.nən], [-nn̩]
• Hyphenation: rau‧nen

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raunen (weak, third-person singular present raunt, past tense raunte, past participle geraunt, auxiliary haben)

1. to whisper; to say secretly (especially in an eerie way)

   Synonyms: flüstern, wispern

   • 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan‎, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 313:

     Der Bürgermeister lachte gefällig. Aber Diederich riß die Augen auf. Er näherte sich dem Ohr des Präsidenten und raunte: „Sein Testament!“

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2. (of a crowd) to murmur; to whisper (to speak among each other in a subdued way, especially in astonishment)

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• “raunen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “raunen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “raunen” in Duden online
• “raunen” in OpenThesaurus.de

• IPA^(key): /ˈræʉ̯.nən/, /ˈræʉ̯n.n̩/

raunen m

1. definite plural of raun