Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German krīgen, equivalent to khriig +‎ -an. Cognate with German kriegen.

Verb edit

khriigan (third-person singular present indicative khriighet, past participle gakhriighet, auxiliary haban)

  1. (Sette Comuni) to war, make war
    De péede habent gakhriighet naach nichtsame.
    The two warred for nothing.

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • “khriigan” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo