kauern

to crouch; to cower

Dialects

Aargau

gruuppe

Aargau

huure

Basel-Landschaft

hyygerle

Basel-Landschaft

huure

St. Gallen

huuara

St. Gallen

aachìhuuara

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkaʊ̯ɐn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German, eventually from Middle Low German kūren (“to lurk”, originally "to crouch, bend, sit hunched over"), whence also English cower, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to curve, bend”), see also Proto-Germanic *kuddô (“shell, pod”).
Used in standard German since the 18th century, either directly from German Low German (then with an artificial adaptation of the vocalism) or through an East Central German dialect.

Concepts

cower

crouch

squat

huddle

crouch down

hunch up

unable to be honest

bend

be huddled somewhere

bow

🙇

hunker

perverse

Synonyms

hocken

ducken

🦆

sich ducken

knien

sich krümmen

hinknien

sich bücken

sich biegen

niederkauern

sich beugen

Translations

hurken

çömelmek

in elkaar duiken

agacharse

se tapir

se recroqueviller

büzülmek

être accroupi

kucać

agachar

encogerse

acquattare

accovacciarsi

chinare

s'accroupir