kriec

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German krēg, *krieg. Related with northern West Germanic *krīg, but not from it. The different vocalism between High and Low German is very stable at all times and in all dialects. Ripuarian is the only transition zone, showing the northern vowel in the verb krijje and the southern vowel in the noun Kreech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈkriə̯k/

Noun

kriec m

1. exertion
2. enmity
3. opposition

Declension

Declension of kriec (masculine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	kriec	die	kriege
genitive	eines	dës	krieges	dër	kriege
dative	eime	dëm	kriege	dën	kriegen
accusative	einen	dën	kriec	die	kriege

Descendants

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: khriage, khriig (Sette Comuni)

  Mòcheno: kriag

• Central Franconian: Kriech, Kreech (Ripuarian; northern Moselle Franconian)
  • Hunsrik: Kriegh, kriich
  • Luxembourgish: Krich
• German: Krieg
• Rhine Franconian: Kriech, Krieg, Kriesch

  Frankfurterisch: [kʀiːʃ]

• Vilamovian: krig
• Yiddish: קריג (krig)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “kriec”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel