kräkas
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish kräkias, from Old Norse kræghe, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to resound, cry hoarsely”). Cognate with Scots crak (“to crack”), West Frisian kreakje (“to crack”), Dutch kraken (“to crunch, creak, squeak”), Low German kraken (“to crack”), German krachen (“to crash, crack, creak”), Lithuanian gìrgžděti (“to creak, squeak”), Old Armenian կարկաչ (karkačʻ), Sanskrit गर्जति (gárjati, “to roar, hum”).
Or from Proto-Indo-European *gerg-, *grā- (“to crow, shout”), from *ger- (“to make a sound, cry hoarsely”) ultimately of onomatopeic origin. Cognate with Lithuanian girgždėti (“to creak, squeak”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kräkas (present kräks, preterite kräktes, supine kräkts, imperative kräks)
- (deponent) to throw up, to vomit
- Det är lätt att förstå varför du vill kräkas.
- It is easy to understand why you want to vomit.
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | — | kräkas | ||
Supine | — | kräkts | ||
Imperative | — | kräks | ||
Imper. plural1 | — | kräkens | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | — | — | kräks, kräkes | kräktes |
Ind. plural1 | — | — | kräkas | kräktes |
Subjunctive2 | — | — | kräkes | kräktes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | kräkandes | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Synonyms edit
- kasta upp
- lägga en pizza (slang)
- spy
- vomera
Derived terms edit
References edit
- kräkas in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kräkas in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kräkas in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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