krabbe

See also: Krabbe

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse krabbi, from Old English crabba.

Noun

krabbe c (singular definite krabben, plural indefinite krabber)

  1. crab
Derived terms
Declension
Declension of krabbe
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krabbe krabben krabber krabberne
genitive krabbes krabbens krabbers krabbernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse krabba, from Dutch krabben.

Verb

krabbe

  1. to move awkwardly; to stumble, lumber
  2. to move like a crab
Conjugation
Conjugation of krabbe
Active Passive
Infinitive krabbe krabbes
Present tense krabber krabbes
Past tense krabbede krabbedes
Imperative krab -
Participle
Present krabbende
Past krabbet
Gerund krabben

References

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Verb

krabbe

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of krabben

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse krabbi, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰ-.

Noun

krabbe m or f (definite singular krabba or krabben, indefinite plural krabber, definite plural krabbene)

  1. a crab (crustacean)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse krabbi, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰ-.

Noun

krabbe m or f (definite singular krabben or krabba, indefinite plural krabbar or krabber, definite plural krabbane or krabbene)

  1. a crab (crustacean)

Derived terms

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse krabbi, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰ-.

Noun

krabbe m

  1. crab

Declension
Declension of krabbe (an-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krabbe krabben krabbar krabbarnir
accusative krabba krabban krabba krabbana
dative krabba krabbanom krabbom krabbonom
genitive krabba krabbans krabba krabbanna

Descendants

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *krabba, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô.

Noun

krabbe c (plural krabben, diminutive krabke)

  1. crab

Alternative forms

Further reading
  • “kraab”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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