vergraulen.
to put off, drive off, scare off (cause someone to lose interest, e.g. through unfriendliness)
Meaning & usage
to put off, drive off, scare off (cause someone to lose interest, e.g. through unfriendliness)
to spoil something for someone (make them lose interest in)
Where this word comes from
20th century, from ver- + graulen (“to be scared”, rare or regional). The latter is from earlier graueln, a variant of (also rare) gräueln, from Middle High German griuweln, grūweln, whence the noun Gräuel (“horror”). The form with -ūw- (modern -au-) probably shows the same Central German development as in brauen, kauen. The change from -eln to -len is unremarkable (in fact, many speakers merge these entirely).
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