kraulen

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkraʊ̯lən/, [ˈkʁaʊ̯.l̩n], [ˈkʁaʊ̯.lən]
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯lən
  • Hyphenation: krau‧len

Etymology 1

Iterative of now unused krauen, from Middle High German krouwen, from Old High German krouwōn, krouwen, from Proto-Germanic *krawwōną. Compare Dutch krauwen. Related to Proto-Germanic *krawa- (claw), from Proto-Indo-European *gar-, *ger- (to tie, bind together), whence probably also Proto-Germanic *krumô (fragment), Latin grypus (hooknose), gry (dirt under the fingernails).[1]

Verb

kraulen (weak, third-person singular present krault, past tense kraulte, past participle gekrault, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fondle, tickle by scratching softly or running one’s fingertips over
Conjugation
  • Kräuel

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English crawl.

Verb

kraulen (weak, third-person singular present krault, past tense kraulte, past participle gekrault, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (swimming) to do the crawl
Conjugation

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 388, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 388

Further reading

  • kraulen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kraulen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kraulen” in Duden online
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