kraulen

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkraʊ̯lən/, [ˈkʁaʊ̯.l̩n], [ˈkʁaʊ̯.lən]
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯lən
  • Hyphenation: krau‧len

Etymology 1

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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

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kraulen (weak, third-person singular present krault, past tense kraulte, past participle gekrault, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fondle, tickle by scratching softly or running one’s fingertips over
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English crawl (verb).

Verb

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kraulen (weak, third-person singular present krault, past tense kraulte, past participle gekrault, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (swimming) to do the crawl
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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “388”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 388

Further reading

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  • kraulen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kraulen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kraulen” in Duden online