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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German krūs (“frizzy”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruzlǭ (“bent or crooked object, curl”), of unknown origin; possibly from Pre-Germanic *grus-, contracted from Proto-Indo-European *gurus- (“twist, curl”), same source as Persian گرس (gors, “braid of hair”).[1] Related to English curl and Dutch krullen (“to curl”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kraus (strong nominative masculine singular krauser, comparative krauser, superlative am krausesten)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of kraus
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist kraus | sie ist kraus | es ist kraus | sie sind kraus | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | krauser | krause | krauses | krause |
genitive | krausen | krauser | krausen | krauser | |
dative | krausem | krauser | krausem | krausen | |
accusative | krausen | krause | krauses | krause | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der krause | die krause | das krause | die krausen |
genitive | des krausen | der krausen | des krausen | der krausen | |
dative | dem krausen | der krausen | dem krausen | den krausen | |
accusative | den krausen | die krause | das krause | die krausen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein krauser | eine krause | ein krauses | (keine) krausen |
genitive | eines krausen | einer krausen | eines krausen | (keiner) krausen | |
dative | einem krausen | einer krausen | einem krausen | (keinen) krausen | |
accusative | einen krausen | eine krause | ein krauses | (keine) krausen |
Comparative forms of kraus
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist krauser | sie ist krauser | es ist krauser | sie sind krauser | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | krauserer | krausere | krauseres | krausere |
genitive | krauseren | krauserer | krauseren | krauserer | |
dative | krauserem | krauserer | krauserem | krauseren | |
accusative | krauseren | krausere | krauseres | krausere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der krausere | die krausere | das krausere | die krauseren |
genitive | des krauseren | der krauseren | des krauseren | der krauseren | |
dative | dem krauseren | der krauseren | dem krauseren | den krauseren | |
accusative | den krauseren | die krausere | das krausere | die krauseren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein krauserer | eine krausere | ein krauseres | (keine) krauseren |
genitive | eines krauseren | einer krauseren | eines krauseren | (keiner) krauseren | |
dative | einem krauseren | einer krauseren | einem krauseren | (keinen) krauseren | |
accusative | einen krauseren | eine krausere | ein krauseres | (keine) krauseren |
Superlative forms of kraus
Further reading
[edit]- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kroezen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Samogitian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kraujas, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“blood of a wound”).
Noun
[edit]kraus m
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