Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch crassen, probably from Middle High German kratzen, from Old High German krazzōn, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, presumably of imitative origin,[1] but compare Albanian gërresë.

Cognate with modern German kratzen, Middle Low German kratten. From a variant *kratjaną stem Middle Dutch cretten, Middle Low German kretten, dialectal German krätzen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɑsə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑsən

Verb edit

krassen

  1. to scratch on a hard, even surface.
  2. to make a similar sound, like certain voices grate and birds caw, croak, hoot or screech.

Inflection edit

Inflection of krassen (weak)
infinitive krassen
past singular kraste
past participle gekrast
infinitive krassen
gerund krassen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kras kraste
2nd person sing. (jij) krast kraste
2nd person sing. (u) krast kraste
2nd person sing. (gij) krast kraste
3rd person singular krast kraste
plural krassen krasten
subjunctive sing.1 krasse kraste
subjunctive plur.1 krassen krasten
imperative sing. kras
imperative plur.1 krast
participles krassend gekrast
1) Archaic.

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Lokono: kharasèng, kharasa
  • Sranan Tongo: krasi

Noun edit

krassen

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References edit

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “krassen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  1. plural of kras

German edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

krassen

  1. inflection of krass:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural

Swedish edit

Noun edit

krassen

  1. definite singular of krasse