schaudern.
to shudder
Meaning & usage
to shudder
to shiver, especially momentarily as when stepping out from a warm room into the cold
to make shudder, to make shiver
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch schuderen, schuyderen and/or Middle Low German schōderen, variants (with expressive lengthening?) of Middle Dutch schudderen and Middle Low German schodderen, respectively, themselves iteratives of the verb at hand in German schütten (“to pour”, originally “to shake”, compare schütteln). See English shudder for more.
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