grauen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʁaʊ̯ən/ === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German grūwen, from Old High German (in)grūēn, probably from or related to Proto-West Germanic *grīsan (“to be frightened”). ==== Verb ==== grauen (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’] (reflexive) to be terrified [with vor (+ dative) ‘of something’] ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Grauen gräulich ===== Related terms ===== grauenerregend, grauenhaft, grauenvoll graulen, vergraulen, Gräuel grausam === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German grāwen, from Old High German grāwēn, grāwōn, from Proto-West Germanic *grāwēn. By surface analysis, grau +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== grauen (weak, third-person singular present graut, past tense graute, past participle gegraut, auxiliary haben) (intransitive, of the morning) to break, to dawn (intransitive, of the evening) to dusk (intransitive, archaic) to become grey Synonym: ergrauen Sein Fell graut. ― His fur is turning grey. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Abendgrauen, Morgengrauen ergrauen, vergrauen Grauen ===== Related terms ===== gräulich === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== grauen inflection of grau: strong genitive masculine/neuter singular weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular strong dative plural weak/mixed all-case plural === Further reading === “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.