kreppa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kreppa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.[1]

Noun

kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, plural kreppur)

  1. crisis

Declension
Declension of kreppa
f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kreppa kreppan kreppur kreppurnar
accusative kreppu kreppuna kreppur kreppurnar
dative kreppu kreppuni kreppum kreppunum
genitive kreppu kreppunnar kreppa kreppanna

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • heimskreppa (world-wide crisis)
  • Muhammed-kreppan - the Muhammad crisis (of Denmark 2006)
  • orkukreppa (energy crisis)
  • samleikakreppa (identity crisis)
  • stjórnarkreppa (government crisis)

References
  1. Germanic etymology.

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kreppa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.[1] Cognate to English crimp, via Middle English crempen, and to Dutch krimpen, via Middle Dutch crimpen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰrɛhpa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛhpa

Noun

kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, nominative plural kreppur)

  1. crisis, difficulty

Declension
declension of kreppa
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kreppa kreppan kreppur kreppurnar
accusative kreppu kreppuna kreppur kreppurnar
dative kreppu kreppunni kreppum kreppunum
genitive kreppu kreppunnar kreppa/kreppna kreppanna/kreppnanna

Synonyms

Verb

kreppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kreppti, supine kreppt)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to bend tightly, to clench

Conjugation
kleppa — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að kleppa
supine
(sagnbót)		 kleppt
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 kleppandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég kleppi við kleppum present
(nútíð)		 ég kleppi við kleppum
þú kleppir þið kleppið þú kleppir þið kleppið
hann, hún, það kleppir þeir, þær, þau kleppa hann, hún, það kleppi þeir, þær, þau kleppi
past
(þátíð)		 ég kleppti við klepptum past
(þátíð)		 ég kleppti við klepptum
þú klepptir þið klepptuð þú klepptir þið klepptuð
hann, hún, það kleppti þeir, þær, þau klepptu hann, hún, það kleppti þeir, þær, þau klepptu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 klepp (þú) kleppið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
klepptu kleppiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
kleppast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að kleppast
supine
(sagnbót)		 kleppst
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 kleppandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég kleppist við kleppumst present
(nútíð)		 ég kleppist við kleppumst
þú kleppist þið kleppist þú kleppist þið kleppist
hann, hún, það kleppist þeir, þær, þau kleppast hann, hún, það kleppist þeir, þær, þau kleppist
past
(þátíð)		 ég klepptist við klepptumst past
(þátíð)		 ég klepptist við klepptumst
þú klepptist þið klepptust þú klepptist þið klepptust
hann, hún, það klepptist þeir, þær, þau klepptust hann, hún, það klepptist þeir, þær, þau klepptust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 kleppst (þú) kleppist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
kleppstu kleppisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
klepptur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)		 singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 klepptur kleppt kleppt klepptir klepptar kleppt
accusative
(þolfall)		 klepptan kleppta kleppt kleppta klepptar kleppt
dative
(þágufall)		 klepptum klepptri klepptu klepptum klepptum klepptum
genitive
(eignarfall)		 kleppts klepptrar kleppts klepptra klepptra klepptra
weak declension
(veik beyging) 		singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)		 masculine
(karlkyn)		 feminine
(kvenkyn)		 neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)		 kleppti kleppta kleppta klepptu klepptu klepptu
accusative
(þolfall)		 kleppta klepptu kleppta klepptu klepptu klepptu
dative
(þágufall)		 kleppta klepptu kleppta klepptu klepptu klepptu
genitive
(eignarfall)		 kleppta klepptu kleppta klepptu klepptu klepptu

References
  1. Germanic etymology.
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