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Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch.
Pronunciation
Noun
krig c (singular definite krigen, plural indefinite krige, in compounds: krigs-)
- war (conflict involving organized use of arms)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German krîch (“battle, quarrel, war; dispute”), from Old Saxon *krīg, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg (“strife, struggle, fight”), possibly from *krīgan (“to strive, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *krīganą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrihg(ʰ)-o-, a form of *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”), from *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”) + *-us (“forms adjectives”).
Pronunciation
Noun
krig m (definite singular krigen, indefinite plural kriger, definite plural krigene)
- war
- Synonyms: kamp, strid, ufred
- Antonym: fred
- krigen mellom Russland og Sverige ― the war between Russia and Sweden
Derived terms
References
- “krig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 413
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg. Unlike Faroese kríggj and Swedish krig, the Norwegian word has masculine gender (similar to common gender in Danish krig).
Noun
krig m (definite singular krigen, indefinite plural krigar, definite plural krigane)
- war
- Synonyms: kamp, strid, ufred
- Antonym: fred
Derived terms
References
- “krig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Obokuitai
Noun
krig
- banana
Further reading
Old High German
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *krīg.
Noun
krig m
- persistence; stubbornness
- defiance
Descendants
- Middle High German: kriec
Polabian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Krieg.
Noun
krig m inan
- war
References
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Polański, Kazimierz (1971) “krig”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 294
- Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “krig”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 84
- Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Kriech”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 473
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch. Unlike Norwegian and Danish krig, the Swedish word has neutrum gender like Faroese kríggj.
Pronunciation
Noun
krig n
- war
- Antonym: fred
Declension
Derived terms
References
Vilamovian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kriec, from Old High German krig.
Pronunciation
Noun
krig m (plural krigia)
- war
Volapük
- klig (Original Volapük, Old Volapük)
Etymology
Borrowed from German Krieg (“war”).
Pronunciation
Noun
krig (nominative plural krigs)
- war
- 1951, editors, "REIDANES LESTÜMIK OBAS.", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, 1, 1.
Dub volakrigs tel, dub krigs votik, dub voluts laf epasetiköl tumyela at evedon tumyelalaf mifätik.- Because of two world wars, because of other wars, because of revolts the past half of this century has become a catastrophic half-century.
Declension
declension of krig
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
Derived terms