See also: Krig

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Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch.

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krig c (singular definite krigen, plural indefinite krige, in compounds: krigs-)

  1. war (conflict involving organized use of arms)

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From Middle Low German krîch (battle, quarrel, war; dispute), from Old Saxon *krīg, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg (strife, struggle, fight), possibly from *krīgan (to strive, struggle), from Proto-Germanic *krīganą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrihg(ʰ)-o-, a form of *gʷréh₂us (heavy), from *gʷreh₂- (heavy) + *-us (forms adjectives).

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krig m (definite singular krigen, indefinite plural kriger, definite plural krigene)

  1. war
    krigen mellom Russland og Sverigethe war between Russia and Sweden

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  • “krig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (190306) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 413

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Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg.

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krig m (definite singular krigen, indefinite plural krigar, definite plural krigane)

  1. war

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krig

  1. banana

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From Proto-West Germanic *krīg.

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krig m

  1. stubbornness
  2. defiance

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch.

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  • IPA(key): /kriːɡ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɡ
  • (file)

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krig n

  1. war

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Declension of krig 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative krig kriget krig krigen
Genitive krigs krigets krigs krigens

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Vilamovian edit

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From Middle High German kriec, from Old High German krig.

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krig m (plural krigia)

  1. war

Volapük edit

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Borrowed from German Krieg (war).

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krig (nominative plural krigs)

  1. war
    • 1951, editors, "REIDANES LESTÜMIK OBAS.", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, 1, 1.
      Dub volakrigs tel, dub krigs votik, dub voluts laf epasetiköl tumyela at evedon tumyelalaf mifätik.
      Because of two world wars, because of other wars, because of revolts the past half of this century has become a catastrophic half-century.

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