krabbeln

German
krabbeln

Etymology

From Middle Low German krabbelen (“to crawl”), an iterative form of krabben (“to scrape”). Compare Dutch krabbelen and krabben. Possibly derived from Krabbe (“crab”). A strong counterargument to this, however, is the cognate krappeln in Middle High German, which did not have the noun.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʁabəln/, [ˈkʁabəln], [ˈkʁabl̩n]
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Verb

krabbeln (weak, third-person singular present krabbelt, past tense krabbelte, past participle gekrabbelt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to crawl (typically, but not always, of a baby or insect) [auxiliary haben or sein]
    Synonym: kriechen
  2. (transitive) to tickle, especially by making fast movements with all fingers of one hand [auxiliary haben]

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “krabbeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “krabbeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “krabbeln” in Duden online
  • “krabbeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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