German edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁaʊ̯.ʁɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁaʊ̯.ʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: trau‧rig

Adjective edit

traurig (strong nominative masculine singular trauriger, comparative trauriger, superlative am traurigsten)

  1. sad
    Antonym: fröhlich

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Adverb edit

traurig

  1. sadly

Further reading edit

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