krús

See also: krus and krus'

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German krūs, krōs, of uncertain ultimate origin, but Pokorny proposes an ultimate derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, bend”), similar to Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“something bent, crooked”), *krukjō (“staff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰruːs]
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

krús f (genitive singular krúsar, nominative plural krúsir)

1. mug, jar, jug

   Hver stal kökunni úr krúsinni í gær?

   Who stole the cookie from the jar (cookie jar) last night?

Declension

Declension of krús (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	krús	krúsin	krúsir	krúsirnar
accusative	krús	krúsina	krúsir	krúsirnar
dative	krús	krúsinni	krúsum	krúsunum
genitive	krúsar	krúsarinnar	krúsa	krúsanna

Anagrams

• skúr

West Frisian

Etymology

From Latin crux

Noun

krús n (plural krusen, diminutive krúske)

1. cross

Further reading

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