krallen

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

krallen (weak, third-person singular present krallt, past tense krallte, past participle gekrallt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive) to hold on or cling, especially with claws, nails or fingers.
  2. (transitive) to dig fingers or nails into something, to claw at.
  3. (transitive) to bend one's fingers into a claw shape.
  4. (transitive, informal) to steal or seize.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • krallen” in Duden online
  • krallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache