kraulen
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Iterative of now unused krauen, from Middle High German krouwen, from Old High German krouwōn, krouwen, from Proto-Germanic *krawwōną. Compare Dutch krauwen. Related to Proto-Germanic *krawa- (“claw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gar-, *ger- (“to tie, bind together”), whence probably also Proto-Germanic *krumô (“fragment”), Latin grypus (“hooknose”), gry (“dirt under the fingernails”).[1]
Verb
[edit]kraulen (weak, third-person singular present krault, past tense kraulte, past participle gekrault, auxiliary haben)
- to fondle, tickle by scratching softly or running one’s fingertips over
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | kraulen | ||||
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present participle | kraulend | ||||
past participle | gekrault | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kraule | wir kraulen | i | ich kraule | wir kraulen |
du kraulst | ihr krault | du kraulest | ihr kraulet | ||
er krault | sie kraulen | er kraule | sie kraulen | ||
preterite | ich kraulte | wir kraulten | ii | ich kraulte1 | wir kraulten1 |
du kraultest | ihr kraultet | du kraultest1 | ihr kraultet1 | ||
er kraulte | sie kraulten | er kraulte1 | sie kraulten1 | ||
imperative | kraul (du) kraule (du) |
krault (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from English crawl (verb).
Verb
[edit]kraulen (weak, third-person singular present krault, past tense kraulte, past participle gekrault, auxiliary haben or sein)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | kraulen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | kraulend | ||||
past participle | gekrault | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich kraule | wir kraulen | i | ich kraule | wir kraulen |
du kraulst | ihr krault | du kraulest | ihr kraulet | ||
er krault | sie kraulen | er kraule | sie kraulen | ||
preterite | ich kraulte | wir kraulten | ii | ich kraulte1 | wir kraulten1 |
du kraultest | ihr kraultet | du kraultest1 | ihr kraultet1 | ||
er kraulte | sie kraulten | er kraulte1 | sie kraulten1 | ||
imperative | kraul (du) kraule (du) |
krault (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “388”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 388
Further reading
[edit]- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯lən
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German lemmas
- German verbs
- German weak verbs
- German verbs using haben as auxiliary
- German terms borrowed from English
- German terms derived from English
- German verbs using sein as auxiliary
- German verbs using haben and sein as auxiliary
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