Trauer
Meaning
Concepts
mourning clothes
mourning period
free from obstructive thoughts
going into mourning
Opposite of
Begeisterung, Euphorie, Freude, Fröhlichkeit, Frohsinn, Glück, Seligkeit, Triumph, Wohlgemut, Wohlgefallen, Zufriedenheit
Synonyms
Trauerzeit
Kümmernis
Trauerkleidung
Verdrießlichkeit
tiefe Betrübnis
Pathetik
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
druur
Basel-Landschaft
laid
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtʁaʊ̯ɐ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German trūre (“mourning”), from Old High German trūrēn (“to mourn”), from Proto-West Germanic *drūrēn (“to fall”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrews- (“to break apart”).
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