No. 12,475 in Swedish

skrämmer

"Scares" or "frightens."

In a sentence

Höga ljud skrämmer små barn.
Loud noises frighten small children.
Used transitively to describe what causes fear to someone.
Han skrämmer oftast sina vänner med sina historier.
He often scares his friends with his stories.
Used transitively where the subject actively causes fear or intimidation.
Det jag hörde om spökhuset skrämmer mig.
What I heard about the haunted house scares me.
Used to express a personal reaction of fear provoked by an external subject.

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