krûpe

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian krēpa, krūpa, from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ- (“to crawl”).

Verb

krûpe

1. to crawl (on hands and feet)
2. to creep, to move slowly
3. to go somewhere to seek comfort

Inflection

Strong
infinitive	krûpe
3rd singular past	kroep
past participle	krûpt
infinitive	krûpe
long infinitive	krûpen
gerund	krûpen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	krûp	kroep
2nd singular	krûpst	kroepst
clitic form	krûpsto	kroepsto
3rd singular	krûpt	kroep
plural	krûpe	kroepen
imperative	krûp
participles	krûpend	krûpt

Derived terms

• oankrûpe

Further reading

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