kriuze

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• kriuz, krūze, krūz, chrouze

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German krūzi, from Latin crux.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kriuze n

1. cross

   Daʒ kriuze begunde sich mit sînem bluote rœten.

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Declension

Declension of kriuze (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	kriuze	diu	kriuze
genitive	eines	dës	kriuzes	dër	kriuze
dative	eime	dëm	kriuze	dën	kriuzen
accusative	ein	daȥ	kriuze	diu	kriuze

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Chrüüz
• Bavarian: Kreiz
• Central Franconian: Krütz, Kröx (eastern Ripuarian), Kreiz (Moselle Franconian)

  Hunsrik: Kreiz

  Luxembourgish: Kräiz

• Cimbrian: khròitze
• East Central German: Greiz, Greize, Kreiz

  Vilamovian: krojc

• German: Kreuz
• Rhine Franconian:

  Pennsylvania German: Greiz

References

• "kriuze" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)