krabben
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Danish
Noun
krabben
Verb
krabben
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch crabben, further from Proto-Germanic *krabbōną, with a geminated variant of the stem in Proto-Germanic *krabitaz, whence Dutch kreeft (“lobster”).
Verb
krabben
- to scratch.
Inflection
| Inflection of krabben (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | krabben | |||
| past singular | krabde | |||
| past participle | gekrabd | |||
| infinitive | krabben | |||
| gerund | krabben n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | krab | krabde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | krabt | krabde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | krabt | krabde | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | krabt | krabde | ||
| 3rd person singular | krabt | krabde | ||
| plural | krabben | krabden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | krabbe | krabde | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | krabben | krabden | ||
| imperative sing. | krab | |||
| imperative plur.1 | krabt | |||
| participles | krabbend | gekrabd | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
krabben
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
krabben m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
krabben m or f
West Frisian
Noun
krabben