krabbeln
Meaning
- (intransitive, weak) to crawl (typically, but not always, of a baby or insect)
- (transitive, weak) to tickle, especially by making fast movements with all fingers of one hand
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
sürünmek
engatinhar
rampar
strisciare
kruipen
arrossegar-se
marcher à quatre pattesFrequency
Dialects
Aargau
chräsme
Basel-Landschaft
graable
Basel-Landschaft
graagle
Basel-Landschaft
gramsle
Basel-Landschaft
groodle
Basel-Landschaft
gropple
Basel-Landschaft
gruppe
Basel-Landschaft
wuusele
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʁabəln/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle Low German krabbelen (“to crawl”), an iterative form of krabben (“to scrape”). Compare Dutch krabbelen and krabben. Possibly derived from Krabbe (“crab”). A strong counterargument to this, however, is the cognate krappeln in Middle High German, which did not have the noun.
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