forskrække

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): [fʌˈsɡ̊ʁaɡ̊ə]

Verb[edit]

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

  1. frighten, scare

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

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