kraken

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

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. (figuratively, transitive) to break someone mentally
5. (figuratively, transitive) to solve a code
6. (figuratively, intransitive, transitive) to practise chiropractic (on a patient)
7. (figuratively, transitive) to squat (a building)
8. (intransitive) to start (said of the day)
9. (Suriname, intransitive) with voor (“for”); to support a certain sports team or sportsperson

Noun

alternative form of kraak (“Kraken”)

Noun

plural of kraak

kraak

• Noun
• Verb

Lees meer

Sinonieme

usurperen

knallen

overweldigen

zich meester maken van

knappen

knarsen

pellen

schillen

kluiven

zich verstouten

doppen

kraak

klappertanden

knagen

knersen

knetteren

krassen

toeëigenen

zich aanmatigen

Vertalings

knarren

crack

krachen

grincer

knallen

craquer

grate

creak

usurp

squeak

estalar

overpower

grince

grind

scrape

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈkraːkə(n)/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: crāken

Geërf van Old Dutch: *krakon

Geleen van Noors: kraken

In summary

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)”).