kreeft
Meaning
lobster, crayfish, used of certain members of the Pleocyemata
Frequency
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kreːft/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch crevet, creeft, from Old Dutch *krevit, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz. Akin to German Krebs and Swedish kräfta.
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