OriginFrom Old Frisian krēpa, krūpa, from Proto-West Germanic *kreupan, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną (“to crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ- (“to crawl”).
- to crawl (on hands and feet)
- to creep, to move slowly
- to go somewhere to seek comfort
Formskrûpe(emphatic, infinitive) · krûpen(emphatic, infinitive, infinitive-i-long) · krûpen(emphatic, gerund, neuter) · hawwe(auxiliary, emphatic) · krûp(emphatic, first-person, present, singular) · kroep(emphatic, first-person, past, singular) · krûpst(emphatic, present, second-person, singular) · kroepst(emphatic, past, second-person, singular) · krûpsto(emphatic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · kroepsto(emphatic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · krûpt(emphatic, present, singular, third-person) · kroep(emphatic, past, singular, third-person) · krûpe(emphatic, plural, present) · kroepen(emphatic, past, plural) · krûp(emphatic, imperative, present) · krûpend(emphatic, participle, present) · krûpt(emphatic, participle, past)
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