kriich

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

• Kriegh

Etymology

From Central Franconian Kriech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾiːx/

Noun

kriich m

1. war
   • 2008, Noemia Assmann, Erinerung An Friirixe Xuul Tsayte, (published inside Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, by Ursula Wiesemann), page 35:

     In te tswët wëlt kriich, wi tas taytxe ferpoot waa...

     In the second world war, when German was forbidden...

West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kriːx/

Noun

kriich c (plural krigen)

1. war

   Synonym: oarloch

Derived terms

• wrâldkriich

Further reading

• “kriich (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011