krepera
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Danish krepere, from Italian crepare, from Latin crepare (“to crackle”). Compare German krepieren and Swedish krepera.
Verb
[edit]krepera
- (informal) to be extremely irritated; to be close to giving up completely; to die (figuratively, e.g. of boredom)
- (informal, dated) to die (literally); to kick the bucket; to croak; to drop dead
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German krepieren, suffixed with -era, from Italian crepare, from Latin crepāre. Doublet of krevera. See also origin of diskrepans.
Verb
[edit]krepera (present kreperar, preterite kreperade, supine kreperat, imperative krepera)
- (dated) die
- (figurative) explode
- krepera av ilska
- explode with anger
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of krepera (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | krepera | — | ||
Supine | kreperat | — | ||
Imperative | krepera | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | kreperen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | kreperar | kreperade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | krepera | kreperade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | krepere | kreperade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | kreperande | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
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