crumble

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (figuratively, intransitive, often) To fall apart; to disintegrate.
2. (transitive) To break into crumbs.
3. (transitive) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.

Noun

A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.

Concepten

afbrokkelen

gruizelen

uit elkaar vallen

verkruimelen

verbrokkelen

verfomfaaien

verfrommelen

verkreukelen

frommelen

brokkelen

kreukelen

kruimelen

Synoniemen

collapse

crush

break up

disintegrate

decay

fall

fall apart

break

chop up

grind

crumple

go to pieces

granulate

molder

slice

powder

slice up

tumble down

cause to crumble

be friable

pound

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granulize

rub

mill

cave in

fall to pieces

shatter

shred

break down

destroy

spread

hash

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dilapidate

tumble

fall in

break apart

break into pieces

moulder

erode

soaked

soften

stamp

step on

strike

subside

be eroded

crumble away

draw to an end

go to rack and ruin

press together

Vertalingen

émietter

zerbröckeln

effriter

desmoronarse

desmenuzar

desmigajar

zerkrümeln

krümeln

desmoronar

sgretolarsi

casser

desmigajarse

s’émietter

s’effondrer

sbriciolare

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈkɹʌmbəl/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: *crymblen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *crymlan

Verwant aan Nederlands: kruimelen

Verwant aan Duits: Krümel

Verwant aan Duits: Krume

Verwant aan Duits: krümeln

In summary

From earlier crymble, crimble, from Middle English *crymblen, kremelen, from Old English *crymlan (“to crumble”), from *crymel (“a small crumb; crumble”), diminutive of Old English cruma (“crumb”), equivalent to crumb + -le (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch kruimelen (“to crumble”), German Low German krömmeln (“to crumble”), German Krümel, diminutive of German Krume, German krümeln, krümmeln (“to crumble”). Alteration of vowel due to analogy with crumb.