Krüppel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German krüppel, krüpel, borrowed from Middle Low German kröpel, from Old Saxon krupil (“crippled, paralyzed”), from Proto-West Germanic *kruppil. Cognate with Dutch kreupel, English cripple. See there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁʏpəl/

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Noun

Krüppel m (strong, genitive Krüppels, plural Krüppel)

1. cripple

Declension

Declension of Krüppel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Krüppel	die	Krüppel
genitive	eines	des	Krüppels	der	Krüppel
dative	einem	dem	Krüppel	den	Krüppeln
accusative	einen	den	Krüppel	die	Krüppel

Derived terms

• verkrüppelt

Further reading

• “Krüppel” in Duden online
• “Krüppel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache