A contraction of kruiden (“to push”), from Middle Dutch cruden, from Old Dutch *crūdan, from Proto-Germanic *krūdaną, *kreudaną. Cognate with English crowd.
kruien
The strong inflection is dated.
| Conjugation of kruien (weak) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kruien | |||
| past singular | kruide | |||
| past participle | gekruid | |||
| infinitive | kruien | |||
| gerund | kruien n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | krui | kruide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kruit | kruide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kruit | kruide | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kruit | kruide | ||
| 3rd person singular | kruit | kruide | ||
| plural | kruien | kruiden | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kruie | kruide | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kruien | kruiden | ||
| imperative sing. | krui | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kruit | |||
| participles | kruiend | gekruid | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
| Conjugation of kruien (strong class 2b) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | kruien | |||
| past singular | krooi | |||
| past participle | gekrooien | |||
| infinitive | kruien | |||
| gerund | kruien n | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | krui | krooi | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | kruit | krooi | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | kruit | krooi | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | kruit | krooit | ||
| 3rd person singular | kruit | krooi | ||
| plural | kruien | krooien | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | kruie | krooie | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | kruien | krooien | ||
| imperative sing. | krui | |||
| imperative plur.1 | kruit | |||
| participles | kruiend | gekrooien | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||