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
- to scratch on a hard, even surface
- 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
- plural of kras
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “krassen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
krassen
- inflection of krass:
- strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
- weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
- strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
- strong dative plural
- weak/mixed all-case plural
Swedish
Noun
krassen
- definite singular of krasse