forskrække

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German vorschrecken (to frighten), from Old Saxon *firskrekkōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fraskrekkōn, from *fra- + *skrekkōn (to jump, skip), possibly related to Proto-Germanic *skeraną (to shear) or *skrīaną (to scream).[1] Also compare Old Norse skaga (to jut out).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʌˈsɡ̊ʁaɡ̊ə]

Verb

forskrække (imperative forskræk, infinitive at forskrække, present tense forskrækker, past tense forskrækkede, perfect tense har forskrækket)

  1. frighten, scare

Conjugation

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), schrecken”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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