krassen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɑsə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kras‧sen
  • Rhymes: -ɑsən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch crassen, probably from Middle High German kratzen, from Old High German krazzōn, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, presumably of imitative origin,[1] but compare Albanian gërresë.

Cognate with modern German kratzen, Middle Low German kratten. From a variant *kratjaną stem Middle Dutch cretten, Middle Low German kretten, dialectal German krätzen.

Verb

krassen

  1. to scratch on a hard, even surface
  2. to make a similar sound, like certain voices grate and birds caw, croak, hoot or screech
Conjugation
Conjugation of krassen (weak)
infinitive krassen
past singular kraste
past participle gekrast
infinitive krassen
gerund krassen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kras kraste
2nd person sing. (jij) krast, kras2 kraste
2nd person sing. (u) krast kraste
2nd person sing. (gij) krast kraste
3rd person singular krast kraste
plural krassen krasten
subjunctive sing.1 krasse kraste
subjunctive plur.1 krassen krasten
imperative sing. kras
imperative plur.1 krast
participles krassend gekrast
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Hyponyms
  • opkrassen
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kras
  • Lokono: kharasèng, kharasa
  • Sranan Tongo: krasi
    • Aukan: kaasi
    • Saramaccan: kaási

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

krassen

  1. plural of kras

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “krassen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

krassen

  1. inflection of krass:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Swedish

Noun

krassen

  1. definite singular of krasse