kraken

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English

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Noun

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kraken (plural krakens)

  1. Alternative form of Kraken

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkraːkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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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)).

Verb

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kraken

  1. (transitive) to crack, break open (a shell)
  2. (intransitive) to make a creaky sound, like something being cracked
  3. (transitive) to break up into (chemical) components
  4. (transitive, figurative) to break someone mentally
  5. (transitive, figurative) to solve a code
  6. (transitive and intransitive, figurative) to practise chiropractic (on a patient)
  7. (transitive, figurative) to squat (a building)
    Synonym: (Suriname) occuperen
  8. (intransitive) to start (said of the day)
    Synonym: krieken
  9. (intransitive, Suriname) with voor (for); to support a certain sports team or sportsperson
    Ze kraakt voor Transvaal.She's a Transvaal supporter.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of kraken (weak)
infinitive kraken
past singular kraakte
past participle gekraakt
infinitive kraken
gerund kraken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kraak kraakte
2nd person sing. (jij) kraakt, kraak2 kraakte
2nd person sing. (u) kraakt kraakte
2nd person sing. (gij) kraakt kraakte
3rd person singular kraakt kraakte
plural kraken kraakten
subjunctive sing.1 krake kraakte
subjunctive plur.1 kraken kraakten
imperative sing. kraak
imperative plur.1 kraakt
participles krakend gekraakt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Negerhollands: kraek
  • Petjo: kraken
  • Aukan: kalaki
  • Papiamentu: krak, kraak

Etymology 2

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From Norwegian kraken.

Noun

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kraken m (plural krakens, diminutive krakentje n)

  1. Alternative form of kraak (Kraken)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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kraken

  1. plural of kraak

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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kraken m (plural krakens)

  1. Kraken

References

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  1. ^ “krake” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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kraken

  1. definite singular of krake

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
kraken

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Kraken.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkra.kɛn/
  • Rhymes: -akɛn
  • Syllabification: kra‧ken

Proper noun

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kraken m animal

  1. (Norse mythology) Kraken
    Hypernyms: monstrum, potwór, stwór

Declension

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Further reading

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  • kraken in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Noun

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kraken

  1. definite form singular of krake