krybe

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *krũba, cognate to Greek κρύπτω (krýpto, “to hide”), Lithuanian kráuti (“to pile up”), Proto-Slavic *kryti (“to cover, to hide”).

Noun

krybe f (plural krybe, definite krybja, definite plural krybet)

1. oakum, tow

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål krype, Swedish krypa, English creep, Dutch kruipen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kryːbə/, [ˈkʰʁ̥yːb̥ə] or, (colloquial), IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥yːʊ]

Verb

krybe (past tense krøb, past participle krøbet, attributive common krøben, attributive definite or plural krøbne)

1. to crawl, creep (to move slowly or carefully)
2. to grovel, cringe (to be humble or fearful in the face of somebody)
3. to climb (to get up and down on a ladder on a scale)
4. to shrink (to get smaller)

Conjugation

Inflection of krybe

	present	past
simple	kryber	krøb
perfect	har krøbet	havde krøbet
passive	krybes	—
participle	krybende	krøbet
imperative	kryb	—
infinitive	krybe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	kryben	—

Derived terms

• krybbønne
• krybdyr
• krybskytte
• krybespor
• krybekælder

References

• “krybe” in Den Danske Ordbog