Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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

Verb

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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

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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.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: kras
  • Lokono: kharasèng, kharasa
  • Sranan Tongo: krasi

Noun

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krassen

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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

German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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Noun

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krassen

  1. definite singular of krasse
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