kraken

Concepts

Kraken

Translations

Krake

Kraken

kraken

kraak

Kraken

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʁa.kɛn/

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian:

In summary

Borrowed from Norwegian kraken (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry), definite singular of krake (“sea monster”) (Bokmål entry; Nynorsk entry), both from Old Norse kraki (“sea monster”, literally “something twisted”), from Proto-Germanic *krankaz (“crooked”).