krypa
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną. Akin to English creep.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
krypa (present tense kryp, past tense kraup, supine krope, past participle kropen, present participle krypande, imperative kryp)
References edit
- “krypa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną.
Verb edit
krȳpa
Conjugation edit
| present | past | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | krȳpa | — | |||
| participle | krȳpandi, krȳpande | krupin | |||
| active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | krȳper | krȳpi, krȳpe | — | krø̄p | krupi, krupe |
| þū | krȳper | krȳpi, krȳpe | krȳp | krø̄pt | krupi, krupe |
| han | krȳper | krȳpi, krȳpe | — | krø̄p | krupi, krupe |
| vīr | krȳpum, krȳpom | krȳpum, krȳpom | krȳpum, krȳpom | krupum, krupom | krupum, krupom |
| īr | krȳpin | krȳpin | krȳpin | krupin | krupin |
| þēr | krȳpa | krȳpin | — | krupu, krupo | krupin |
| mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| iæk | — | — | — | — | — |
| þū | — | — | — | — | — |
| han | — | — | — | — | — |
| vīr | — | — | — | — | — |
| īr | — | — | — | — | — |
| þēr | — | — | — | — | — |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: krypa
Polish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
krypa f
- (colloquial, derogatory) tub (run-down boat)
- barge (flat-bottomed vessel used to transport sand, gravel, etc.)
- dugout (canoe made from a hollowed-out log)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish krȳpa, from Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“turn, wind”). Compare Norwegian krype, Danish krybe, Icelandic krjúpa, English creep, Dutch kruipen.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
krypa (present kryper, preterite kröp, supine krupit, imperative kryp)
- to crawl, to creep
- to have an (uncomfortable) creeping sensation (for example when having restless legs)
- Det kröp i benen
- My legs were "creeping"
- to creep; (of plants), to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- to creep; (of non-living things, like vehicles, fog, and the like), move slowly and gradually in a particular direction
- to creep, to change gradually in a particular direction.
Usage notes edit
Creep in the sense of move slowly and furtively is smyga. Creep is sometimes mistranslated as krypa in that sense, which means to crawl on the ground when of people.
Conjugation edit
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | krypa | — | ||
| Supine | krupit | — | ||
| Imperative | kryp | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | krypen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kryper | kröp | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | krypa | kröpo | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | krype | kröpe | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | krypande | |||
| Past participle | krupen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms edit
References edit
- krypa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- krypa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- krypa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- krypa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)