An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/ungeheuer

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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Friedrich Kluge2508019An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, U — ungeheuer1891John Francis Davis

ungeheuer, adj., ‘monstrous, atrocious,’ from MidHG. ungehiure, OHG. ungihiuri, ‘uncanny, frightful’; allied to Angeheuer, n., ‘monster,’ from MidHG. ungehiure, ‘savage, dragon, ghostly creature,’ OHG. ungihiurì, ‘monster.’ See geheuer.