krijje

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• kreie, kreen, krien (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German krīgen, northern variant of kriegen. Most closely related to Dutch krijgen. Also cognate with German kriegen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʀijə/

Verb

krijje (third-person singular present kritt or krich, past tense krääch or krät, past participle kräje or jekräje or jekrääch or jekrät)

1. (Ripuarian) to get; to receive

   Du kriss meng Schohn net, die mähs de nur kapott.

   You won’t get my shoes, you’d only ruin them.

Limburgish

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *krīgan, further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁi.jə/
• Rhymes: -ijə

Verb

krijje (third-person singular present kritt, preterite kräch, past participle gekréëge or kréëge, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)

1. (transitive) to get, to receive, to come into possession of (anything ranging from concrete to abstract inputs such as news, gift, punishment, et cetera)
2. (transitive) to get, to be presented with
3. (copulative) to get, to (manage to) cause to become
4. (autobenefactive, transitive) to take

   Iich kri miich datt.

   I take that.

5. (auxiliary) Used to form a passive sentence with a ditransitive verb, with the original indirect object becoming the subject of “krijje”.

Conjugation

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