raunen

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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)

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈræʉ̯.nən/, /ˈræʉ̯n.n̩/

Noun

raunen m

  1. definite plural of raun
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