krabbeln
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krabbeln
German
Etymology
From Middle Low German krabbelen (“to crawl”), an iterative form of krabben (“to scrape”). Compare Dutch krabbelen and krabben. Possibly derived from Krabbe (“crab”). A strong counterargument to this, however, is the cognate krappeln in Middle High German, which did not have the noun.
Pronunciation
Verb
krabbeln (weak, third-person singular present krabbelt, past tense krabbelte, past participle gekrabbelt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to crawl (typically, but not always, of a baby or insect)
- Synonym: kriechen
- (transitive) to tickle, especially by making fast movements with all fingers of one hand
Conjugation
| infinitive | krabbeln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | krabbelnd | ||||
| past participle | gekrabbelt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich krabble ich krabbele ich krabbel |
wir krabbeln | i | ich krabbele ich krabble |
wir krabbeln |
| du krabbelst | ihr krabbelt | du krabbelest du krabblest |
ihr krabbelet ihr krabblet | ||
| er krabbelt | sie krabbeln | er krabbele er krabble |
sie krabbeln | ||
| preterite | ich krabbelte | wir krabbelten | ii | ich krabbelte1 | wir krabbelten1 |
| du krabbeltest | ihr krabbeltet | du krabbeltest1 | ihr krabbeltet1 | ||
| er krabbelte | sie krabbelten | er krabbelte1 | sie krabbelten1 | ||
| imperative | krabble (du) krabbel (du) krabbele (du) |
krabbelt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.