kreeft

See also: Kreeft

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kreeft

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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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kreːft/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kreeft
• Rhymes: -eːft

Noun

kreeft f (plural kreeften, diminutive kreeftje n)

1. lobster, crayfish, used of certain members of the Pleocyemata

Derived terms

• kreeftachtig
• rivierkreeft

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kreef
• Negerhollands: kreeft, greef
• → Papiamentu: kref, kreeft