kriegen
See also: Kriegen
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German kriegen (“to war, to conquer property or land”). Verbalisation of Krieg (“war”). Cognate to Bavarian kriagn, Dutch krijgen, Hunsrik krien.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard, Germany) IPA(key): /ˈkriːɡən/, [ˈkʰʁ̞̊iːɡ(ə)n], [ˈkʰʁ̞̊iːŋ̩]
- (southern Germany) IPA(key): /ˈkriəɡən/, [ˈkriɐɡ̊ɐn], [kʁ̞̊iɛɡɐ(n)]
- Rhymes: -iːɡən
- Hyphenation: krie‧gen
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Verb edit
kriegen (weak, third-person singular present kriegt, past tense kriegte, past participle gekriegt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial) to get
- (colloquial) to catch, to come down with
- (colloquial) to get (something to a desired state)
- Wirst du es heute fertig kriegen?
- Will you get it ready today?
- (colloquial) to get (with the past participle form of a verb)
- Synonym: bekommen
- Hab ich geschenkt gekriegt. ― I got it as a present.
- Ich krieg's geschenkt. ― I get it for free.
- (dated, rare) to war
- Synonym: bekriegen
Usage notes edit
- Kriegen is relatively infrequent in the formal standard language, which prefers bekommen or erhalten instead. However, kriegen is very frequent in colloquial German, where the verb often retains the vowel shortening that is occurring in local dialects in the second and third person singular of verbs. Thus, (du) kriegst is often pronounced /krɪ(ç)s(t)/, (er) kriegt may be /krɪkt/, /krɪç(t)/. These pronunciations are not used for the rare sense “to war”.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | kriegen | ||||
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present participle | kriegend | ||||
past participle | gekriegt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kriege | wir kriegen | i | ich kriege | wir kriegen |
du kriegst | ihr kriegt | du kriegest | ihr krieget | ||
er kriegt | sie kriegen | er kriege | sie kriegen | ||
preterite | ich kriegte | wir kriegten | ii | ich kriegte1 | wir kriegten1 |
du kriegtest | ihr kriegtet | du kriegtest1 | ihr kriegtet1 | ||
er kriegte | sie kriegten | er kriegte1 | sie kriegten1 | ||
imperative | krieg (du) kriege (du) |
kriegt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
- abkriegen
- aufkriegen
- auseinanderkriegen
- bekriegen
- drankriegen
- drüberkriegen
- durchkriegen
- einkriegen
- herauskriegen
- herumkriegen
- herunterkriegen
- hinauskriegen
- hineinkriegen
- hinkriegen
- hinunterkriegen
- hochkriegen
- loskriegen
- mitkriegen
- niederkriegen
- rauskriegen
- rüberkriegen
- runterkriegen
- unterkriegen
- zerkriegen
- zusammenkriegen
Further reading edit
- “kriegen” in Duden online
- “kriegen” in Duden online
- “kriegen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “kriegen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
- krygen (New Saxon Spelling)
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German krîgen. Verbalisation of krich (“war”). Compare German kriegen, Dutch krijgen.
Verb edit
kriegen (past singular kreeg, past participle kregen, auxiliary verb hebben)
- to get
- to catch
- to come down with
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of kriegen (class 1 strong verb)
infinitive | kriegen | |
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indicative | present | preterite |
1st person singular | krieg | kreeg |
2nd person singular | kriggs(t) | kreegs(t) |
3rd person singular | krigg(t) | kreeg |
plural | kriegt, kriegen | kregen |
imperative | present | — |
singular | krieg | |
plural | kriegt | |
participle | present | past |
kriegen | (e)kregen, gekregen | |
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects. |