krassen

Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɑsə(n)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑsən

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.

Inflection
Conjugation of krassen (weak)
infinitive krassen
past singular kraste
past participle gekrast
infinitive krassen
gerund krassen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kraskraste
2nd person sing. (jij) krastkraste
2nd person sing. (u) krastkraste
2nd person sing. (gij) krastkraste
3rd person singular krastkraste
plural krassenkrasten
subjunctive sing.1 krassekraste
subjunctive plur.1 krassenkrasten
imperative sing. kras
imperative plur.1 krast
participles krassendgekrast
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Lokono: kharasèng, kharasa
  • → Sranan Tongo: krasi
    • → Aukan: kaasi
    • → Saramaccan: kaási

Noun

krassen

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References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “krassen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  1. plural of kras

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
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