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kriechen

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German

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Etymology

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Middle High German kriechen, from Old High German kriochan, from Proto-West Germanic *kreukan, from Proto-Germanic *kreukaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kriechen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present kriecht, past tense kroch, past participle gekrochen, past subjunctive kröche, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive) to creep; to crawl
    • 1995, “Du riechst so gut”, in Rammstein (music), Herzeleid, performed by Rammstein:
      Ein blindes Kind, das vorwärts kriecht / Weil es seine Mutter riecht
      A blind child who crawls forward / Because it smells its mother

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kriechen” in Duden online
  • kriechen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kriechen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon