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krig

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Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch.

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Noun

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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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Declension of krig
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krig krigen krige krigene
genitive krigs krigens kriges krigenes

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Derived 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
    Synonyms: kamp, strid, ufred
    Antonym: fred
    krigen mellom Russland og Sverige ― the war between Russia and Sweden

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References

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  • “krig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 413

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg. Unlike Faroese kríggj and Swedish krig, the Norwegian word has masculine gender (similar to common gender in Danish krig).

Noun

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

  1. war
    Synonyms: kamp, strid, ufred
    Antonym: fred

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Obokuitai

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Noun

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krig

  1. banana

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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *krīg.

Noun

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krig m

  1. persistence; stubbornness
  2. defiance
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Descendants

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Polabian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Krieg.

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krig m inan

  1. war

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  • The template Template:R:pox:SejDp does not use the parameter(s): 
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    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Polański, Kazimierz (1971) “krig”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 294
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “krig”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 84
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Kriech”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 473

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch. Unlike Norwegian and Danish krig, the Swedish word has neutrum gender like Faroese kríggj.

Pronunciation

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

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krig n

  1. war
    Antonym: fred

Declension

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Declension of krig
nominative genitive
singular indefinite krig krigs
definite kriget krigets
plural indefinite krig krigs
definite krigen krigens

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Vilamovian

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Etymology

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

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krig m (plural krigia)

  1. war

Volapük

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Alternative forms

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  • klig (Original Volapük, Old Volapük)

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Krieg (“war”).

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Noun

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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.

Declension

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declension of krig
singular plural
nominative krig krigs
genitive kriga krigas
dative krige kriges
accusative krigi krigis
vocative 1 o krig! o krigs!
predicative 2 krigu krigus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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