kreppa

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Faroese

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Etymology

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

Noun

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kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, plural kreppur)

  1. crisis

Declension

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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

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, nominative plural kreppur)

  1. crisis, difficulty

Declension

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Synonyms

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Verb

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

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

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *krampijaną, causative of *krimpaną.

Noun

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kreppa f (genitive kreppu)

  1. strait, scrape
    Synonym: krepping

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: kreppa
  • Faroese: kreppa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kreppe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kreppe

Verb

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kreppa

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to squeeze, press
  2. (transitive, with accusative, impersonal) to become crippled

Conjugation

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Descendants

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References

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  • kreppa1”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • kreppa2”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press