kräk
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Deverbal from Old Swedish kræka (“to crawl”), possibly with the original sense "to curve" (and if so, related to krake and krok). Originally of smaller creeping or crawling animals, "lower" animals. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk krek.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kräk n
- (derogatory) someone despicable, scum
- De är kräk som ger sig på oskyldiga
- They're scum to go after innocents
- (derogatory) someone weak, spineless, insignificant, etc.
- en skara ynkliga kräk
- a bunch of pitiful worms
- a disagreeable or pitiable (pity-evoking) animal (like "pitiful," but used as a generic invective towards disagreeable animals)
- Ge kattkräket lite mat
- Give the poor cat some food
- Rådjurskräken har ätit upp alla äpplen
- Those damn deer have eaten all the apples
- (colloquial) a domestic animal, especially of cattle
- (colloquial) puke (matter ejaculated when vomiting – compare kräkas)
- Det ligger kräk på golvet
- There's puke on the floor
Declension edit
| Declension of kräk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | kräk | kräket | kräk | kräken |
| Genitive | kräks | kräkets | kräks | kräkens |
See also edit
References edit
- kräk in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kräk in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kräk in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kräk in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)