kreeft

See also: Kreeft

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch crevet, creeft, from Old Dutch *krevit, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz. Akin to German Krebs and Swedish kräfta.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kreːft/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: kreeft
  • Rhymes: -eːft

Noun

kreeft f (plural kreeften, diminutive kreeftje n)

  1. lobster, crayfish, used of certain members of the Pleocyemata

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kreef
  • Negerhollands: kreeft, greef
  • → Papiamentu: kref, kreeft
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