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Etymology edit

Ultimately from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of crypte, grot, and gruft.

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  • IPA(key): /krɔxt/
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  • Hyphenation: krocht
  • Rhymes: -ɔxt

Noun edit

krocht f (plural krochten, diminutive krochtje n)

  1. underground cavity, vile and dark subterranean location
  2. bad, substandard housing; a shanty
  3. (architecture) underground vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or a crypt

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krocht

  1. second-person plural preterite of kriechen