Dutch

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Etymology

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A contraction of kruiden (to push), from Middle Dutch cruden, from Old Dutch *crūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną. Cognate with English crowd.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkrœy̯ə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: krui‧en
  • Rhymes: -œy̯ən

Verb

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kruien

  1. (intransitive, of ice) to form or have formed an ice shove or ice jam
    Vanwege het kruiend ijs voeren de schepen in konvooi.
    Due to the ice jam the ships sailed in convoy.
  2. (transitive) to rotate the movable parts of a windmill, e.g. to orient the sweeps to face the wind
  3. (transitive) to transport in a wheelbarrow
  4. (transitive) to push or carry forward

Conjugation

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The strong inflection is dated.

Conjugation of kruien (weak)
infinitive kruien
past singular kruide
past participle gekruid
infinitive kruien
gerund kruien n
present tense past tense
1st person singular krui kruide
2nd person sing. (jij) kruit, krui2 kruide
2nd person sing. (u) kruit kruide
2nd person sing. (gij) kruit kruide
3rd person singular kruit kruide
plural kruien kruiden
subjunctive sing.1 kruie kruide
subjunctive plur.1 kruien kruiden
imperative sing. krui
imperative plur.1 kruit
participles kruiend gekruid
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Conjugation of kruien (strong class 2b)
infinitive kruien
past singular krooi
past participle gekrooien
infinitive kruien
gerund kruien n
present tense past tense
1st person singular krui krooi
2nd person sing. (jij) kruit, krui2 krooi
2nd person sing. (u) kruit krooi
2nd person sing. (gij) kruit krooit
3rd person singular kruit krooi
plural kruien krooien
subjunctive sing.1 kruie krooie
subjunctive plur.1 kruien krooien
imperative sing. krui
imperative plur.1 kruit
participles kruiend gekrooien
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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