schaurig

German

Etymology

From Schauer (shudder) + -ig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊʁɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: schau‧rig

Adjective

schaurig (strong nominative masculine singular schauriger, comparative schauriger, superlative am schaurigsten)

  1. creepy, eery, ghoulish, bloodcurdling, gruesome, scary, spooky, horrid, spine-chilling, spine-tingling

Declension

Derived terms

  • etwas Schauriges
  • schaurig-schön
  • Schaurigkeit
  • Schaurigkeiten
  • Schaurigsein

Adverb

schaurig

  1. creepily, eerily, ghoulishly, etc.

References

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