erschüttern

Meaning

  1. (weak) to shake, to rock
  2. (figuratively, weak) to shake up, to rattle, to convulse

Frequency

20k
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃʏtɐn]
Etymology

In summary

Intensive form of obsolete erschütten, from Middle High German erschütten, erschüten, from Old High German irscutten. Synchronically analyzable as er- + schüttern, the latter component an iterative of schütten (“to pour, stream down”).

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