kraken

See also: Kraken

English

Noun

kraken (plural krakens)

1. Alternative form of Kraken

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch crāken, from Old Dutch *krakon, from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną. The sense "to support a sports team or sportsperson" is a semantic loan from Sranan Tongo kraka (“to support (with a wedge)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkraːkə(n)/

• Audio

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Verb

kraken

1. (transitive) to crack, break open (a shell)
2. (intransitive) to make a creaky sound, like something being cracked
3. (transitive) to break up into (chemical) components
4. (transitive, figurative) to break someone mentally
5. (transitive, figurative) to solve a code
6. (transitive and intransitive, figurative) to practise chiropractic (on a patient)
7. (transitive, figurative) to squat (a building)
8. (intransitive) to start (said of the day)
9. (intransitive, Suriname) with voor (“for”); to support a certain sports team or sportsperson

   Ze kraakt voor Transvaal. ― She's a Transvaal supporter.

Inflection

Inflection of kraken (weak)
infinitive	kraken
past singular	kraakte
past participle	gekraakt
infinitive	kraken
gerund	kraken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	kraak	kraakte
2nd person sing. (jij)	kraakt	kraakte
2nd person sing. (u)	kraakt	kraakte
2nd person sing. (gij)	kraakt	kraakte
3rd person singular	kraakt	kraakte
plural	kraken	kraakten
subjunctive sing.1	krake	kraakte
subjunctive plur.1	kraken	kraakten
imperative sing.	kraak
imperative plur.1	kraakt
participles	krakend	gekraakt
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

• (start): krieken
• (squat): occuperen (Suriname)

Derived terms

• afkraken
• gekraak
• kraak
• donderkraken
• eierkrake
• kraakamandel
• kraakbeen
• kraakbezie
• kraakhaspel
• kraakhout
• kraakijs
• kraaklachen
• kraaklaurier
• kraaklede
• kraakloof
• kraaknet
• kraaknoot
• kraakpand
• kraakpeer
• kraaksalade
• kraakschoen
• kraaksneeuw
• kraakstap
• kraaksteen
• kraakstoel
• kraakwagen
• kraakwilg
• kraakzindelijk
• krakebrood
• krakekoek
• krakel
• krakelen
• krakeling
• krakepit
• kraker
• krakerig
• kwadenotenkraker
• notenkraker
• openkraken
• zaadkraker

Related terms

• krak

Descendants

• Negerhollands: kraek
• Petjo: kraken
• → Aukan: kalaki
• → Papiamentu: krak, kraak

Noun

kraken

1. plural of kraak
2. Alternative form of kraak.

Anagrams

• kanker

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian kraken (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry), definite singular of krake (“sea monster”) (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry), both from Old Norse kraki (“sea monster”, literally “something twisted”), from Proto-Germanic *krankaz (“crooked”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁa.kɛn/

• Audio

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Noun

kraken m (plural krakens)

1. Kraken

Further reading

• “kraken”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kraken

1. definite singular of krake

Polish

kraken

Alternative forms

• Kraken

Etymology

Borrowed from English Kraken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkra.kɛn/
• Rhymes: -akɛn
• Syllabification: kra‧ken

Proper noun

kraken m animal

1. (Norse mythology) Kraken

   Hypernyms: monstrum, potwór, stwór

Declension

Declension of kraken

	singular
nominative	kraken
genitive	krakena
dative	krakenowi
accusative	krakena
instrumental	krakenem
locative	krakenie
vocative	krakenie

Further reading

• kraken in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

kraken

1. definite form singular of krake