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grausam

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German grūsam, grūwesam. By surface analysis, grauen +‎ -sam. Compare English gruesome, Danish grusom (horrible) and Dutch gruwzaam (gruesome; cruel). Related to ergrausen (to frighten).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzaːm/, /ˈɡʁaʊ̯ˌzam/
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Adjective

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grausam (strong nominative masculine singular grausamer, comparative grausamer, superlative am grausamsten)

  1. cruel; heartless; atrocious; callous
  2. horrible; gruesome; savage

Declension

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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grausam

  1. cruelly, brutally, ferociously
    Synonyms: auf grausame Weise, grauenhaft, grauenvoll, grausig
    grausam bestraftcruelly punished
    grausam getötetbrutally killed

Further reading

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  • grausam” in Duden online
  • grausam” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

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Adverb

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grausam

  1. brutally, cruelly

Adjective

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grausam (masculine grausamen, neuter grausaamt, comparative méi grausam, superlative am grausaamsten)

  1. brutal, cruel
  2. terrible, gruesome

Declension

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Declension of grausam
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass grausam si ass grausam et ass grausam si si(nn) grausam
nominative /
accusative
attributive and/or after determiner grausamen grausam grausamt grausam
independent without determiner grausames grausamer
dative after any declined word grausamen grausamer grausamen grausamen
as first declined word grausamem grausamem

Synonyms

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