grausen

Meaning

to cause to feel dread [with accusative or dative ‘someone’, along with vor (+ dative) ‘of something’] (idiomatically translated by English dread with the dative or accusative object as the subject)

Synonyms

schaudern

gruseln

zittern

unheimlich sein

schauern

kalt überlaufen

graulen

kalt den Rücken herunterlaufen

Angst haben

eckeln

erzittern

Translations

tremolar

estremir-se

ριγώ

τρέμω

frémir

frissonner

grelotter

trembler

tressaillir

vibrer

tremare

rabbrividire

vibrare

vibrare

bibberen

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

gruuse

Basel-Landschaft

gruusle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡʁaʊ̯zn̩]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: grūsen

Inherited from Old High German:

In summary

From Middle High German grūsen, from Old High German (ir)grū(wi)sōn, from the root of grauen (“dread, horror”).