kraai

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɑːi/

Etymology 1

From Dutch kraai

Noun

kraai (plural kraaie)

1. crow

Etymology 2

From Dutch kraaien

Verb

kraai (present kraai, present participle kraaiende, past participle gekraai)

1. to crow

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Dutch

Een kraai verzorgt een gazon. — A crow tends to a lawn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kraːi̯/

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• Hyphenation: kraai
• Rhymes: -aːi̯

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch crâye, from Old Dutch *krāia, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ.

Noun

kraai f (plural kraaien, diminutive kraaitje n)

1. (zoology) A crow, Corvus corone.

   Synonym: zwarte kraai

2. (zoology) One of certain related birds of the genus Corvus or of the family Corvidae.
3. (figuratively) A person dressed in black.
4. (figuratively) An undertaker or undertaker's employee.
5. (figuratively) A blue pennant indicating the presence of a navigation pilot.

Derived terms

• alpenkraai
• bergkraai
• bonte kraai
• dikbekkraai
• huiskraai
• kraaiachtig
• kraaiennest
• kraaienpoot
• zwarte kraai

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kraai

Etymology 2

From French craie.

Noun

kraai f (plural kraaien, diminutive kraaitje n)

1. A craye, Scandinavian vessel type

Etymology 3

From kraaien.

Noun

kraai m (plural kraaien)

1. A crow's creaky sound.

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kraai

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of kraaien
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kraaien