Grauen

See also: grauen

German

Etymology

Deverbal from grauen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Grauen n (strong, genitive Grauens, no plural)

  1. gerund of grauen; horror
    Das Grauen, das im Verborgenen lauert.
    The horror that lurks in the shadows.
    • 1997, “Ganz normaler Tag”, in Von allen Gedanken schätze ich doch am meisten die interessanten, performed by Die Sterne:
      Du fragst dich: / War die Hoffnung blind, / die nur den Morgen, nicht das Grauen sah?
      You ask yourself / Was the hope blind / That only saw the morning, not the horror?

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Grauen” in Duden online
  • Grauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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