kreppa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kreppa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.

Noun

kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, plural kreppur)

1. crisis

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kreppa	kreppan	kreppur	kreppurnar
accusative	kreppu	kreppuna	kreppur	kreppurnar
dative	kreppu	kreppuni	kreppum	kreppunum
genitive	kreppu	kreppunnar	kreppa	kreppanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• heimskreppa (world-wide crisis)
• Muhammed-kreppan - the Muhammad crisis (of Denmark 2006)
• orkukreppa (energy crisis)
• samleikakreppa (identity crisis)
• stjórnarkreppa (government crisis)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰrɛhpa/
• Rhymes: -ɛhpa

Etymology 1

Noun

kreppa f (genitive singular kreppu, nominative plural kreppur)

1. crisis, difficulty

   Synonyms: vandi, vandræði, klípa, klemma

Declension

Declension of kreppa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kreppa	kreppan	kreppur	kreppurnar
accusative	kreppu	kreppuna	kreppur	kreppurnar
dative	kreppu	kreppunni	kreppum	kreppunum
genitive	kreppu	kreppunnar	kreppa, kreppna	kreppanna, kreppnanna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse kreppa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną. Cognate to English crimp, via Middle English crempen, and to Dutch krimpen, via Middle Dutch crimpen.

Verb

kreppa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kreppti, supine kreppt)

1. to bend tightly, to clench [with accusative]

Conjugation

kreppa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að kreppa
supine sagnbót		kreppt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		kreppandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	kreppi	kreppti		kreppi	kreppti
	þú	kreppir	krepptir		kreppir	krepptir
	hann, hún, það	kreppir	kreppti		kreppi	kreppti
plural	við	kreppum	krepptum		kreppum	krepptum
	þið	kreppið	krepptuð		kreppið	krepptuð
	þeir, þær, þau	kreppa	krepptu		kreppi	krepptu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	krepp (þú), krepptu
plural	þið	kreppið (þið), kreppiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kreppast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að kreppast
supine sagnbót		kreppst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		kreppandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	kreppist	krepptist		kreppist	krepptist
	þú	kreppist	krepptist		kreppist	krepptist
	hann, hún, það	kreppist	krepptist		kreppist	krepptist
plural	við	kreppumst	krepptumst		kreppumst	krepptumst
	þið	kreppist	krepptust		kreppist	krepptust
	þeir, þær, þau	kreppast	krepptust		kreppist	krepptust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	kreppst (þú), kreppstu
plural	þið	kreppist (þið), kreppisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

krepptur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	krepptur	kreppt	kreppt	krepptir	krepptar	kreppt
accusative (þolfall)	krepptan	kreppta	kreppt	kreppta	krepptar	kreppt
dative (þágufall)	krepptum	krepptri	krepptu	krepptum	krepptum	krepptum
genitive (eignarfall)	kreppts	krepptrar	kreppts	krepptra	krepptra	krepptra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kreppti	kreppta	kreppta	krepptu	krepptu	krepptu
accusative (þolfall)	kreppta	krepptu	kreppta	krepptu	krepptu	krepptu
dative (þágufall)	kreppta	krepptu	kreppta	krepptu	krepptu	krepptu
genitive (eignarfall)	kreppta	krepptu	kreppta	krepptu	krepptu	krepptu

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *krampijaną, causative of *krimpaną.

Noun

kreppa f (genitive kreppu)

1. strait, scrape

   Synonym: krepping

Declension

Declension of kreppa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kreppa	kreppan	kreppur	kreppurnar
accusative	kreppu	kreppuna	kreppur	kreppurnar
dative	kreppu	kreppunni	kreppum	kreppunum
genitive	kreppu	kreppunnar	kreppna	kreppnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: kreppa
• Faroese: kreppa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kreppe
• Norwegian Bokmål: kreppe

Verb

kreppa

1. to squeeze, press [with accusative]
2. (impersonal) to cripple [with accusative ‘someone’] (idiomatically translated as "become crippled" with the dative object as the subject)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kreppa — active (weak class 1)

infinitive	kreppa
present participle	kreppandi
past participle	kreptr
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	kreppi	krepta		kreppa	krepta
2nd person singular	kreppir	kreptir		kreppir	kreptir
3rd person singular	kreppir	krepti		kreppi	krepti
1st person plural	kreppum	kreptum		kreppim	kreptim
2nd person plural	kreppið	kreptuð		kreppið	kreptið
3rd person plural	kreppa	kreptu		kreppi	krepti
imperative	present
2nd person singular	krepp, kreppi
1st person plural	kreppum
2nd person plural	kreppið

Conjugation of kreppa — mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	kreppask
present participle	kreppandisk
past participle	krepsk
	indicative			subjunctive
	present	past		present	past
1st person singular	kreppumk	kreptumk		kreppumk	kreptumk
2nd person singular	kreppisk	kreptisk		kreppisk	kreptisk
3rd person singular	kreppisk	kreptisk		kreppisk	kreptisk
1st person plural	kreppumsk	kreptumsk		kreppimsk	kreptimsk
2nd person plural	kreppizk	kreptuzk		kreppizk	kreptizk
3rd person plural	kreppask	kreptusk		kreppisk	kreptisk
imperative	present
2nd person singular	krepsk, kreppisk
1st person plural	kreppumsk
2nd person plural	kreppizk

Related terms

• kroppinn
• kroppr m

Descendants

• Icelandic: kreppa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kreppe

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kreppa1”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kreppa2”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive