krabbe

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Etymology 1

From Old Norse krabbi, from Old English crabba.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈkʁɑbə/, ,

Noun

krabbe c (singular definite krabben, plural indefinite krabber)

  1. crab
Declension
Declension of krabbe
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krabbe krabben krabber krabberne
genitive krabbes krabbens krabbers krabbernes
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse krabba, from Dutch krabben.

Verb

krabbe

  1. to move awkwardly; to stumble, lumber
  2. to move like a crab
Conjugation
Conjugation of krabbe
Active Passive
Infinitive krabbe krabbes
Present tense krabber krabbes
Past tense krabbede krabbedes
Imperative krab -
Participle
Present krabbende
Past krabbet
Gerund krabben

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

krabbe

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of krabben

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

From Old Norse krabbi, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰ-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

krabbe f or m (definite singular krabba or krabben, indefinite plural krabber, definite plural krabbene)

  1. a crab (crustacean)
    Krabbene krabber rundt på stranda.
    The crabs are crawling around the beach.

Derived terms

Verb

krabbe (imperative krabb, present tense krabber, passive krabbes, simple past and past participle krabba or krabbet, present participle krabbende)

  1. to crawl
    Krabbene krabber rundt på stranda.
    The crabs are crawling around the beach.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse krabbi, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰ-.

Noun

krabbe m or f (definite singular krabben or krabba, indefinite plural krabbar or krabber, definite plural krabbane or krabbene)

  1. a crab (crustacean)

Derived terms

Verb

krabbe (present tense krabbar, past tense krabba, past participle krabba, passive infinitive krabbast, present participle krabbande, imperative krabbe/krabb)

  1. to crawl

Alternative forms

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse krabbi, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰ-.

Noun

krabbe m

  1. crab

Declension

Declension of krabbe (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krabbe krabben krabbar krabbarnir
accusative krabba krabban krabba krabbana
dative krabba krabbanom krabbom krabbonom
genitive krabba krabbans krabba krabbanna

Descendants

  • Swedish: krabba

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *krabba, from Proto-West Germanic *krabbō, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô.

Noun

krabbe c (plural krabben, diminutive krabke)

  1. crab

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • “kraab”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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