See also: Kraken
Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Noun
- 2 Dutch
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Pronunciation
- 2.3 Verb
- 2.3.1 Inflection
- 2.3.2 Synonyms
- 2.3.3 Derived terms
- 2.3.4 Related terms
- 2.3.5 Descendants
- 2.4 Noun
- 2.5 Anagrams
- 3 French
- 3.1 Etymology
- 3.2 Pronunciation
- 3.3 Noun
- 3.4 References
- 3.5 Further reading
- 4 Norwegian Bokmål
- 4.1 Noun
- 5 Polish
- 5.1 Alternative forms
- 5.2 Etymology
- 5.3 Pronunciation
- 5.4 Proper noun
- 5.4.1 Declension
- 5.5 Further reading
- 6 Swedish
- 6.1 Noun
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
kraken (plural krakens)
- Alternative form of Kraken
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch crāken, from Old Dutch *krakon, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną. The sense "to support a sports team or sportsperson" is a semantic loan from Sranan Tongo kraka (“to support (with a wedge)”).
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Verb[edit]
kraken
- (transitive) to crack, break open (a shell)
- (intransitive) to make a creaky sound, like something being cracked
- (transitive) to break up into (chemical) components
- (transitive, figurative) to break someone mentally
- (transitive, figurative) to solve a code
- (transitive and intransitive, figurative) to practise chiropractic (on a patient)
- (transitive, figurative) to squat (a building)
- (intransitive) to start (said of the day)
- (intransitive, Suriname) with voor (“for”); to support a certain sports team or sportsperson
- Ze kraakt voor Transvaal. ― She's a Transvaal supporter.
Inflection[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- afkraken
- gekraak
- kraak
- donderkraken
- eierkrake
- kraakamandel
- kraakbeen
- kraakbezie
- kraakhaspel
- kraakhout
- kraakijs
- kraaklachen
- kraaklaurier
- kraaklede
- kraakloof
- kraaknet
- kraaknoot
- kraakpand
- kraakpeer
- kraaksalade
- kraakschoen
- kraaksneeuw
- kraakstap
- kraaksteen
- kraakstoel
- kraakwagen
- kraakwilg
- kraakzindelijk
- krakebrood
- krakekoek
- krakel
- krakelen
- krakeling
- krakepit
- kraker
- krakerig
- kwadenotenkraker
- notenkraker
- openkraken
- zaadkraker
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Noun[edit]
kraken
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Norwegian kraken (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry), definite singular of krake (“sea monster”) (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry), both from Old Norse kraki (“sea monster”, literally “something twisted”), from Proto-Germanic *krankaz (“crooked”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
krakenm (plural krakens)
References[edit]
- ^ “krake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Further reading[edit]
- “kraken”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
kraken
See Also
CephalopodsPolish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
krakenmanimal
Declension[edit]
Declension of kraken
Further reading[edit]
- kraken in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
kraken
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