schaudern

See also: Schaudern

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊ̯dɐn/
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Verb

schaudern (third-person singular simple present schaudert, past tense schauderte, past participle geschaudert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to shudder
  2. (intransitive) to shiver, especially momentarily as when stepping out from a warm room into the cold
  3. (transitive, impersonal) to make shudder, to make shiver

Usage notes

  • The impersonal construction is the commoner: es schaudert mich (“I’m shuddering”, literally “it shudders me”, “it makes me shudder”).

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