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grausen.

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)

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Meaning & usage

verb[ˈɡʁaʊ̯zn̩][ˈɡʁaʊ̯zən]Germany[ˈɡʁaɔ̯sn̩][ˈɡʁaɔ̯sɛn]Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland
  1. 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)

    dative · impersonal · reflexive · weak
    Mir/Mich graust es vor Spinnen.
    Mir graust vor Spinnen.
Where this word comes from

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

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