krig

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

krig c (singular definite krigen, plural indefinite krige, in compounds: krigs-)

  1. war (conflict involving organized use of arms)

Declension[edit]

Declension of krig
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krig krigen krige krigene
genitive krigs krigens kriges krigenes

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from "krig"

Further reading[edit]

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Low German krîch (“battle, quarrel”), from Old Saxon *krīg, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg (“strife, struggle”), possibly from *krīgan (“to strive, acquire”), from Proto-Germanic *krīganą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrihg(ʰ)-o-, a suffixed extended form of *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

krig m (definite singular krigen, indefinite plural kriger, definite plural krigene)

  1. war
    krigen mellom Russland og Sverige ― the war between Russia and Sweden

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Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from krig

References[edit]

  • “krig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • Falk, Hjalmar; Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 413

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg.

Noun[edit]

krig m (definite singular krigen, indefinite plural krigar, definite plural krigane)

  1. war

Synonyms[edit]

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Derived terms[edit]

See Norwegian Bokmål for other derived terms.

Terms derived from krig

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Obokuitai[edit]

Noun[edit]

krig

  1. banana

Further reading[edit]

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *krīg.

Noun[edit]

krig m

  1. stubbornness
  2. defiance

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Descendants[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kriːɡ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɡ
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Noun[edit]

krig n

  1. war

Declension[edit]

Declension of krig 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative krig kriget krig krigen
Genitive krigs krigets krigs krigens

Antonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Related terms (153)

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Vilamovian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

krig m (plural krigia)

  1. war

Volapük[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Krieg (“war”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

krig (nominative plural krigs)

  1. war
    • 1951, editors, "REIDANES LESTÜMIK OBAS.", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, 1, 1.
      Dub volakrigs tel, dub krigs votik, dub voluts laf epasetiköl tumyela at evedon tumyelalaf mifätik.
      Because of two world wars, because of other wars, because of revolts the past half of this century has become a catastrophic half-century.

Declension[edit]

declension of krig
singular plural
nominative krig krigs
genitive kriga krigas
dative krige kriges
accusative krigi krigis
vocative 1 o krig! o krigs!
predicative 2 krigu krigus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms[edit]

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