UrsprungFrom the earlier sense of "rod," "gnarled wood," ultimately related to Old Norse krókr (“hook”).
- common-gendera pitiful (and weak, in some sense) person or animal (arousing pity or contempt); a wretch
“arme krake” — poor wretch
“stackars krake” — poor thing
“fega krakar” — pitiful cowards
- common-gendersynonym of hästkrake
“en gammal krake” — an old nag
Formerkrake(indefinite, nominative, singular) · krakes(genitive, indefinite, singular) · kraken(definite, nominative, singular) · krakens(definite, genitive, singular) · krakar(indefinite, nominative, plural) · krakars(genitive, indefinite, plural) · krakarna(definite, nominative, plural) · krakarnas(definite, genitive, plural)