kränken
German
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Etymology
editFrom Middle High German krenken (“to make ill”), from kranc (“ill”), ultimately from the root of krank (“ill”). Cognate with Dutch krenken and Luxembourgish kränken.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editkränken (weak, third-person singular present kränkt, past tense kränkte, past participle gekränkt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to insult, offend
- to hurt someone's feelings
- to wound (psychologically), belittle
- to slight, detract from
- 1876, Moriz Haupt, “Ueber Joseph Scaliger und die von Haase vorgeschlagene umstellung tibullischer versreihen”, in Opuscula, volume 3, part 1, Leipzig: Hirzel, page 33:
- man darf, ohne Scaligers ruhm zu kränken, behaupten dass kein grosser philolog neben sicheren entdeckungen des glänzendsten scharfsinnes so viel grammatisch unmögliches aufgestellt hat.
- It can be said, without detracting from Scaliger’s fame, that no great philologist has ever set up so many grammatical impossibilities alongside the sure discoveries of the most brilliant ingenuity.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | kränken | ||||
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present participle | kränkend | ||||
past participle | gekränkt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kränke | wir kränken | i | ich kränke | wir kränken |
du kränkst | ihr kränkt | du kränkest | ihr kränket | ||
er kränkt | sie kränken | er kränke | sie kränken | ||
preterite | ich kränkte | wir kränkten | ii | ich kränkte1 | wir kränkten1 |
du kränktest | ihr kränktet | du kränktest1 | ihr kränktet1 | ||
er kränkte | sie kränkten | er kränkte1 | sie kränkten1 | ||
imperative | kränk (du) kränke (du) |
kränkt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German krenken, ultimately from the root of krank (“ill”). Cognate with German kränken, Dutch krenken.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editkränken (third-person singular present kränkt, past participle gekränkt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to offend, to insult
Conjugation
editRegular | ||
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infinitive | kränken | |
participle | gekränkt | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | kränken | — |
2nd singular | kränks | kränk |
3rd singular | kränkt | — |
1st plural | kränken | — |
2nd plural | kränkt | kränkt |
3rd plural | kränken | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Synonyms
edit- (to offend): blesséieren, toufen, vexéieren
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