krepera

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish krepere, from Italian crepare, from Latin crepare (“to crackle”). Compare German krepieren and Swedish krepera.

Verb

krepera

1. (informal) to be extremely irritated; to be close to giving up completely; to die (figuratively, e.g. of boredom)

   Synonyms: farast, bugast

   Ég er að krepera úr leiðindum. ― I'm dying of boredom.

2. (informal, dated) to die (literally); to kick the bucket; to croak; to drop dead

Swedish

Etymology

From German krepieren, suffixed with -era, from Italian crepare, from Latin crepāre. Doublet of krevera. See also origin of diskrepans.

Verb

krepera (present kreperar, preterite kreperade, supine kreperat, imperative krepera)

1. (dated) die
2. (figurative) explode

   krepera av ilska

   explode with anger

Conjugation

Conjugation of krepera (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	krepera		—
supine	kreperat		—
imperative	krepera		—
imper. plural1	kreperen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	kreperar	kreperade	—	—
ind. plural1	krepera	kreperade	—	—
subjunctive2	krepere	kreperade	—	—
present participle		kreperande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• krepering

References

• “krepera”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “krepera”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)