kraai

• IPA^(key): /krɑːi/

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

kraai (plural kraaie)

1. crow

From Dutch kraaien.

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

1. to crow

• IPA^(key): /kraːi̯/

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• Hyphenation: kraai
• Rhymes: -aːi̯

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

kraai f (plural kraaien, diminutive kraaitje n)

1. One of certain related birds of the genus Corvus or of the family Corvidae.
2. (particularly) Synonym of zwarte kraai (“carrion crow, Corvus corone”)
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.

• Afrikaans: kraai

From French craie, perhaps from Medieval Latin craiera, itself of Germanic origin, from or related to Frankish *krīg (“strife, war, fight”).

kraai f (plural kraaien, diminutive kraaitje n)

1. A craye, Scandinavian vessel type

From kraaien.

kraai m (plural kraaien)

1. A crow's creaky sound.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kraai

1. inflection of kraaien:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative