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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