kreischen
Meaning
- (class-1, strong, weak) to squeal, to shriek, to scream
- (class-1, strong, weak) to screech
- (class-1, colloquial, regional, strong, weak) to cry, to weep
- (class-1, strong, weak) to squawk
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
chillar
crier
strillare
gritar
krijsen
cıyaklamak
xisclarFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʁaɪ̯ʃən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German krīschen, from Old High German *krīskan, from Proto-West Germanic *krīskan, from *krīskaną (“to cry out, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *grey- (“to shout”). According to Pfeifer, this is an extension of Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”), which makes it cognate with dated/obsolete German kreißen (“to cry in pain, give birth”). Cognate with Dutch krijsen, Luxembourgish kräischen. The weak past forms in contemporary German may be due to the formal merger with the early modern German causative kreischen (“to make scream”), from Middle High German *kreischen, attested in erkreischen. An additional reason may be the fact that the verb was non-native to most Upper German dialects.
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