traurig
German
Etymology
From Middle High German trūrec, from Old High German trūrag, from Proto-Germanic *dreuzagaz (“bloody”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreus- (“to break, break off, crumble”). Cognate with Dutch treurig (“sad, gloomy”), Low German trurig (“sad”), Hunsrik traurich (“sad”), English dreary (“grievous, dire, appalling, drab, dark, colourless, cheerless”), Old Norse dreyrigr (“bloody”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʁaʊ̯.ʁɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈtʁaʊ̯.ʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
audio (Germany) (file) audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: trau‧rig
Adjective
traurig (strong nominative masculine singular trauriger, comparative trauriger, superlative am traurigsten)
Declension
Positive forms of traurig
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist traurig | sie ist traurig | es ist traurig | sie sind traurig | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | trauriger | traurige | trauriges | traurige |
| genitive | traurigen | trauriger | traurigen | trauriger | |
| dative | traurigem | trauriger | traurigem | traurigen | |
| accusative | traurigen | traurige | trauriges | traurige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der traurige | die traurige | das traurige | die traurigen |
| genitive | des traurigen | der traurigen | des traurigen | der traurigen | |
| dative | dem traurigen | der traurigen | dem traurigen | den traurigen | |
| accusative | den traurigen | die traurige | das traurige | die traurigen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein trauriger | eine traurige | ein trauriges | (keine) traurigen |
| genitive | eines traurigen | einer traurigen | eines traurigen | (keiner) traurigen | |
| dative | einem traurigen | einer traurigen | einem traurigen | (keinen) traurigen | |
| accusative | einen traurigen | eine traurige | ein trauriges | (keine) traurigen | |
Comparative forms of traurig
Superlative forms of traurig
Derived terms
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