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

kleppa — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að kleppa
supine (sagnbót)		kleppt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kleppandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég kleppi	við kleppum	present (nútíð)	ég kleppi	við kleppum
	þú kleppir	þið kleppið		þú kleppir	þið kleppið
	hann, hún, það kleppir	þeir, þær, þau kleppa		hann, hún, það kleppi	þeir, þær, þau kleppi
past (þátíð)	ég kleppti	við klepptum	past (þátíð)	ég kleppti	við klepptum
	þú klepptir	þið klepptuð		þú klepptir	þið klepptuð
	hann, hún, það kleppti	þeir, þær, þau klepptu		hann, hún, það kleppti	þeir, þær, þau klepptu
imperative (boðháttur)	klepp (þú)	kleppið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	klepptu	kleppiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kleppast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að kleppast
supine (sagnbót)		kleppst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kleppandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég kleppist	við kleppumst	present (nútíð)	ég kleppist	við kleppumst
	þú kleppist	þið kleppist		þú kleppist	þið kleppist
	hann, hún, það kleppist	þeir, þær, þau kleppast		hann, hún, það kleppist	þeir, þær, þau kleppist
past (þátíð)	ég klepptist	við klepptumst	past (þátíð)	ég klepptist	við klepptumst
	þú klepptist	þið klepptust		þú klepptist	þið klepptust
	hann, hún, það klepptist	þeir, þær, þau klepptust		hann, hún, það klepptist	þeir, þær, þau klepptust
imperative (boðháttur)	kleppst (þú)	kleppist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	kleppstu	kleppisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

klepptur — 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)	klepptur	kleppt	kleppt		klepptir	klepptar	kleppt
accusative (þolfall)	klepptan	kleppta	kleppt		kleppta	klepptar	kleppt
dative (þágufall)	klepptum	klepptri	klepptu		klepptum	klepptum	klepptum
genitive (eignarfall)	kleppts	klepptrar	kleppts		klepptra	klepptra	klepptra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kleppti	kleppta	kleppta		klepptu	klepptu	klepptu
accusative (þolfall)	kleppta	klepptu	kleppta		klepptu	klepptu	klepptu
dative (þágufall)	kleppta	klepptu	kleppta		klepptu	klepptu	klepptu
genitive (eignarfall)	kleppta	klepptu	kleppta		klepptu	klepptu	klepptu

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	present	past
1st-person singular	kreppi	krepta
2nd-person singular	kreppir	kreptir
3rd-person singular	kreppir	krepti
1st-person plural	kreppum	kreptum
2nd-person plural	kreppið	kreptuð
3rd-person plural	kreppa	kreptu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kreppa	krepta
2nd-person singular	kreppir	kreptir
3rd-person singular	kreppi	krepti
1st-person plural	kreppim	kreptim
2nd-person plural	kreppið	kreptið
3rd-person plural	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	present	past
1st-person singular	kreppumk	kreptumk
2nd-person singular	kreppisk	kreptisk
3rd-person singular	kreppisk	kreptisk
1st-person plural	kreppumsk	kreptumsk
2nd-person plural	kreppizk	kreptuzk
3rd-person plural	kreppask	kreptusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kreppumk	kreptumk
2nd-person singular	kreppisk	kreptisk
3rd-person singular	kreppisk	kreptisk
1st-person plural	kreppimsk	kreptimsk
2nd-person plural	kreppizk	kreptizk
3rd-person plural	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