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Danish

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Etymology 1

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From English crank.

Noun

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krank c (singular definite kranken, plural indefinite kranke)

  1. a crankshaft, bottom bracket on a bicycle

Etymology 2

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From Middle Low German krank (weak, sick).

Adjective

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krank (neuter krankt, plural and definite singular attributive kranke)

  1. (archaic) sick, unwell, ill, of poor health
  2. (archaic) of poor quality, bad condition

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch cranc, from Old Dutch *cranc, from Proto-West Germanic *krank. Related to krenken (to hurt).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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krank (comparative kranker, superlative krankst)

  1. (archaic) sick, ill
    Synonym: ziek

Declension

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Declension of krank
uninflected krank
inflected kranke
comparative kranker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial krank kranker het krankst
het krankste
indefinite m./f. sing. kranke krankere krankste
n. sing. krank kranker krankste
plural kranke krankere krankste
definite kranke krankere krankste
partitive kranks krankers

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German krank, from Old High German *krank, from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (crooked, weak). Cognate with English crank.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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krank (strong nominative masculine singular kranker, comparative kränker or kranker, superlative am kränksten or am kränkesten or am kranksten or am krankesten)

  1. ill, sick (in bad health)
    Synonym: (archaic) siech
  2. (figurative) sick, morally or mentally degenerate
  3. (slang) very interesting or unusual (in the positive or negative); sick

Usage notes

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  • As a tendency, the compared forms with umlaut are commoner in the literal sense, while those without umlaut are commoner in figurative use.

Declension

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Antonyms

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • krank” in Duden online
  • krank” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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From Middle High German krank, from Old High German *krank, from Proto-West Germanic *krank, from Proto-Germanic *krangaz, *krankaz (crooked, weak).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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krank (comparative krenker, superlative krenkest)

  1. ill, sick
    Sie sin krank.
    They are sick.
    Die kranke Leit sin im Hospital.
    The sick people are in the hospital.
    Unser Hund is krank.
    Our dog is sick.

Declension

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Declension of krank (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative krank krank krank kranke
accusative kranke krank krank kranke
dative kranke kranke kranke kranke
Strong inflection nominative kranker kranke krankes kranke
accusative kranke kranke krankes kranke
dative krankem kranker krankem kranke

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kranc, from Old High German *krank, from Proto-West Germanic *krank (weak).

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Adjective

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krank (masculine kranken, neuter krankt, comparative méi krank, superlative am kranksten)

  1. ill, sick

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English crank.

Noun

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krank m (definite singular kranken, indefinite plural krankar, definite plural krankane)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse krankr, from Middle Low German krank, from Proto-Germanic *krankaz.

Adjective

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krank (neuter krankt, definite singular and plural kranke, comparative krankare, indefinite superlative krankast, definite superlative krankaste)

  1. weak
  2. ill, sick, sickly

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Anagrams

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Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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From Low German krank, from Middle Low German krank, from Old Saxon *krank, from Proto-West Germanic *krank (weak).

Adjective

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krank

  1. ill, sick

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Russenorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably from German krank

Adjective

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krank

  1. ill

Swedish

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Adjective

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krank (not comparable)

  1. (dated) sick
    Synonym: sjuk

Declension

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Inflection of krank
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular krank
neuter singular krankt
plural kranka
masculine plural2 kranke
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 kranke
all kranka

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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