krijgen
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈkrɛi̯ɣə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to get, to receive, to come into possession of (anything ranging from concrete to abstract inputs such as news, gift, punishment, et cetera)
- (transitive) to get, to be presented with
- (copulative) to get, to (manage to) cause to become
- (auxiliary)
- (transitive) to catch (a disease), to become ill with
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch crigen.
Origin
Middle Dutch
crigen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abkriegen German
- einkriegen German
- fertigkriegen German
- herauskriegen German
- kleinkriegen German
- kriegen German
- unterkriegen German
- door Dutch, Flemish
- doorkrijgen Dutch, Flemish
- herkrijgen Dutch, Flemish
- verkrijgbaar Dutch, Flemish
- verkrijgen Dutch, Flemish
- crigen Middle Dutch
- kry Afrikaans
- oopkry Afrikaans
- kriegen Middle High German
- krīgen Middle High German
- kréien Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *crīgan Old Dutch
- krîgen Middle Low German
- kriegen German Low German
- krijje Central Franconian