Krähe

See also: krähe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German krā, krāe, krawe, from Old High German krāwa, kraja, krāha, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to scream, cry, creak”).

Compare Dutch kraai, English crow, Plautdietsch Krauj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁɛːə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁeːə/ (overall more common; chiefly northern and eastern regions)

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Noun

Krähe f (genitive Krähe, plural Krähen, feminine Krähin)

1. crow

Declension

Declension of Krähe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Krähe	die	Krähen
genitive	einer	der	Krähe	der	Krähen
dative	einer	der	Krähe	den	Krähen
accusative	eine	die	Krähe	die	Krähen

See also

• Rabe m

Further reading

• “Krähe” in Duden online
• “Krähe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache