kraulen

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German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Iterative of now unused krauen, from Middle High German krouwen, from Old High German krouwōn, krouwen, from Proto-Germanic *krawwōną. Compare Dutch krauwen. Related to Proto-Germanic *krawa- (claw), from Proto-Indo-European *gar-, *ger- (to tie, bind together), whence probably also Proto-Germanic *krumô (fragment), Latin grypus (hooknose), gry (dirt under the fingernails).[1]

Verb

kraulen (weak, third-person singular present krault, past tense kraulte, past participle gekrault, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fondle, tickle by scratching softly or running one’s fingertips over
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English crawl (verb).

Verb

kraulen (weak, third-person singular present krault, past tense kraulte, past participle gekrault, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (swimming) to do the crawl
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “388”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 388

Further reading

  • kraulen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kraulen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kraulen” in Duden online