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raunen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German rūnen, from Old High German rūnōn, from Proto-West Germanic *rūnōn, from Proto-Germanic *rūnōną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈraʊ̯nən/, [ˈʁaʊ̯.nən], [-nn̩]
  • Hyphenation: rau‧nen
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  • Audio (Austria):(file)

Verb

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raunen (weak, third-person singular present raunt, past tense raunte, past participle geraunt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to whisper; to say secretly (especially in an eerie way)
    Synonyms: flüstern, wispern
  2. (of a crowd) to murmur; to whisper (to speak among each other in a subdued way, especially in astonishment)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • raunen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • raunen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • raunen” in Duden online
  • raunen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈræʉ̯.nən/, /ˈræʉ̯n.n̩/

Noun

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raunen m

  1. definite plural of raun