krae
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German krage
Noun
krae (genitive krae, partitive kraed)
- collar; most specifically, a piece of garment around the neck.
- Synonym: kaelus
- an object or formation that surrounds something and is reminiscent of a collar by the shape and function. A resting frame, support rim, bracket.
- Synonyms: kaelus, piire, ääris
- Kaevukaane krae.
- Manhole cover's rest.
- Pärast lõikust pidi kass kraed kandma veel kümme päeva.
- After the operation the cat had to wear the collar for another ten days.
- Jäälinnu põskedelt algab valge krae.
- A white mane starts from the kingfisher's cheeks.
- (colloquial, demeaning) someone, a gallows
- Synonyms: võllas, võllaroog, krants, kutsikas
- Kuradi krae, tema tuleb teisi vargaks tembeldama!
- Bloody gallows! Or he's coming to mark others as thieves!
- Anna suitsu, krae!
- Throw a sig, dude!
- 1972, Juhan Smuul, Hea meremeeste hoidja (prose):
- „Teie, krae, ärge segage vahele, kui härrad asju ajavad!“ käratas noorem kolmest Joosepile.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Adjective
krae
- (illustrative) neck; gallows; burden; yoke
- Synonyms: kael, koorem, taak, rist
- Ole ettevaatlik, muidu tuleb veel kogu lugu sinu kraesse.
- Be careful, or the whole thing becomes your yoke.
- Püüdis oma patte, koerusi Antsu kraesse veeretada.
- Attempted to slide own sins and trifles on Ants's neck.
- Aira Kaal
- … muudkui igal kümnendal päeval oli meie karjakord, mis vahetevahel ka minu kraesse langes.
- Eduard Männik,
- Kes katsub sellest määrusest üle astuda, saab ilusa trahvi kraesse.
Compounds
- aluskrae
- helkurkrae
- hermeliinkrae
- karakullkrae
- karuskrae
- kasukakrae
- kotikkrae
- kraejalad
- kraenurk
- kraenõel
- kraenööp
- kraesall
- krookkrae
- kääniskrae
- madrusekrae
- mantlikrae
- mutoonkrae
- palitukrae
- pealiskrae
- piibrikrae
- piisamkrae
- pikeekrae
- pitskrae
- pluusikrae
- püstkrae
- reväärkrae
- rullkrae
- sallkrae
- sametkrae
- sulgkrae
- särgikrae
- täikrae
- valgekrae
- voltkrae
Declension
| Declension of krae (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | krae | kraed | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | krae | ||
| genitive | kraede | ||
| partitive | kraed | kraesid | |
| illative | kraesse | kraedesse | |
| inessive | kraes | kraedes | |
| elative | kraest | kraedest | |
| allative | kraele | kraedele | |
| adessive | krael | kraedel | |
| ablative | kraelt | kraedelt | |
| translative | kraeks | kraedeks | |
| terminative | kraeni | kraedeni | |
| essive | kraena | kraedena | |
| abessive | kraeta | kraedeta | |
| comitative | kraega | kraedega | |
References
- krae in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “krae”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
- Jüri Viikberg (2016) “krae”, in [ASL] Alamsaksa laensõnad eesti keeles [Low German Loanwords in the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online dictionary)
- “krae”, in [SP] Eesti keele sõnapered [Estonian Word Families] (in Estonian) (online version, continuously updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012–
- “krae”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- Asta Õim (2007) “krae”, in [SYS] Sünonüümisõnastik [Synonym Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)