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krepera

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Danish krepere, from Italian crepare, from Latin crepare (to crackle). Compare German krepieren and Swedish krepera.

Verb

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krepera

  1. (informal) to be extremely irritated; to be close to giving up completely; to die (figuratively, e.g. of boredom)
    Synonyms: farast, bugast
    Ég er að krepera úr leiðindum.I'm dying of boredom.
  2. (informal, dated) to die (literally); to kick the bucket; to croak; to drop dead

Swedish

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Etymology

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From German krepieren, suffixed with -era, from Italian crepare, from Latin crepāre. Doublet of krevera. See also origin of diskrepans.

Verb

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krepera (present kreperar, preterite kreperade, supine kreperat, imperative krepera)

  1. (dated) die
  2. (figurative) explode
    krepera av ilska
    explode with anger

Conjugation

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Conjugation of krepera (weak)
active passive
infinitive krepera
supine kreperat
imperative krepera
imper. plural1 kreperen
present past present past
indicative kreperar kreperade
ind. plural1 krepera kreperade
subjunctive2 krepere kreperade
present participle kreperande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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