krypa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną. Akin to English creep.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²kryː.pɑ/

Verb

krypa (present tense kryp, past tense kraup, supine krope, past participle kropen, present participle krypande, imperative kryp)

  1. to creep, crawl

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną.

Verb

krȳpa

  1. to creep, crawl

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swedish: krypa

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkrɨ.pa/
  • Rhymes: -ɨpa
  • Syllabification: kry‧pa

Noun

krypa f

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) tub (run-down boat)
  2. barge (flat-bottomed vessel used to transport sand, gravel, etc.)
  3. dugout (canoe made from a hollowed-out log)

Declension

Further reading

  • krypa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • krypa in PWN's encyclopedia

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish krȳpa, from Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (turn, wind). Compare Norwegian krype, Danish krybe, Icelandic krjúpa, English creep, Dutch kruipen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

krypa (present kryper, preterite kröp, supine krupit, imperative kryp)

  1. to crawl, to creep
  2. to have an (uncomfortable) creeping sensation (for example when having restless legs)
    Det kröp i benen
    My legs were "creeping"
  3. to creep; (of plants), to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
  4. to creep; (of non-living things, like vehicles, fog, and the like), move slowly and gradually in a particular direction
  5. to creep, to change gradually in a particular direction.

Usage notes

Creep in the sense of move slowly and furtively is smyga. Creep is sometimes mistranslated as krypa in that sense, which means to crawl on the ground when of people.

Conjugation

References

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