kruka

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkru.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: kru‧ka

Noun

kruka m animal

1. genitive/accusative singular of kruk

Swedish

en kruka (blomkruka (“flowerpot”))

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German krûke, from Old Saxon krūka, from Proto-West Germanic *krūkā (“pot, pitcher”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European root shared with Old Armenian կարաս (karas, “pitcher, large jar”), Ancient Greek κρωσσός (krōssós, “pitcher”), but the phonetics are problematic. Also compare Old Irish croiccenn (“skin”).

Compare German Kruke, Danish krukke and Icelandic krukka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrʉːˌka/

Noun

kruka c

1. a pot (container, often made of clay, for example for growing a plant in (blomkruka))

   plantera en växt i en kruka

   plant a plant in a pot

2. (colloquial) a coward

Usage notes

• A pot as in a cooking vessel is a gryta or kastrull.
• A teapot, coffee pot, etc. is a kanna.

Declension

Declension of kruka
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kruka	krukan	krukor	krukorna
Genitive	krukas	krukans	krukors	krukornas

Derived terms

• badkruka
• blomkruka
• krukfat
• krukmakare
• krukskärva
• krukväxt
• störtkruka

Descendants

• → Finnish: ruukku

See also

• vas (“vase”)

References

• kruka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kruka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kruka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• kukar