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kauzen, verb, ‘to cower’; Modern High German only; like kauern, it is connected with the root kû; zen is a suffix from Old High German zen, azen (ȥȥen, aȥȥen), Gothic atjan; *kûwatjan would be the Gothic form. Compare kauern.