krank
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cranc, from Old Dutch *cranc, from Proto-West Germanic *krank. Related to krenken (“to hurt”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Inflection
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- krankzinnig, krankenhuis
German
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German *krank, from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“crooked, weak”). Cognate with English crank.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁaŋk/
audio (Germany) (file) audio (Austria) (file) - Rhymes: -aŋk
Adjective
krank (strong nominative masculine singular kranker, comparative kränker or kranker, superlative am kränksten or am kränkesten or am kranksten or am krankesten)
- ill, sick (in bad health)
- Synonym: (archaic) siech
- (figurative) sick, morally or mentally degenerate
- (slang) very interesting or unusual (in the positive or negative); sick
Usage notes
- As a tendency, the compared forms with umlaut are commoner in the literal sense, while those without umlaut are commoner in figurative use.
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Hyponyms
- augenkrank
- geisteskrank
- herzkrank
- krebskrank
- lungenkrank
- magenkrank
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German *krank, from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (“crooked, weak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kraŋk/
Adjective
krank (comparative krenker, superlative krenkest)
Declension
| Declension of krank (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
| Weak inflection | nominative | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | kranke |
| accusative | kranke | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) | kranke | |
| dative | kranke | kranke | kranke | kranke | |
| Strong inflection | nominative | kranker | kranke | krankes | kranke |
| accusative | kranke | kranke | krankes | kranke | |
| dative | krankem | kranker | krankem | kranke | |
Antonyms
Derived terms
- Krankheet f
- Krankheit f
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German kranc, from Old High German *krank, from Proto-West Germanic *krank (“weak”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʀɑŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɑŋk
Declension
| number and gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | hien ass krank | si ass krank | et ass krank | si si(nn) krank | |
| nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | kranken | krank | krankt | krank |
| independent without determiner | krankes | kranker | |||
| dative | after any declined word | kranken | kranker | kranken | kranken |
| as first declined word | krankem | krankem | |||
Antonyms
Related terms
- Kränkt
- Krankheet
- Krankeschäin
- Krankekeess
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
krank m (definite singular kranken, indefinite plural krankar, definite plural krankane)
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Etymology 2
From Old Norse krankr, from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Proto-Germanic *krankaz.
Adjective
krank (neuter krankt, definite singular and plural kranke, comparative krankare, indefinite superlative krankast, definite superlative krankaste)
References
- “krank” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Saxon *krank, from Proto-West Germanic *krank (“weak”).
Derived terms
- Krankenbad n
- Krankheit f
Russenorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Swedish
Declension
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- kärlekskrank (“lovesick”)