krig

Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥iˀ]
• Rhymes: -iːˀ

krig c (singular definite krigen, plural indefinite krige, in compounds: krigs-)

1. war (conflict involving organized use of arms)

• “krig” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “krig” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Derived from Middle Low German krîch (“battle, quarrel, war; dispute”), from Old Saxon *krīg, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg (“strife, struggle, fight”), possibly from *krīgan (“to strive, struggle”), from Proto-Germanic *krīganą, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrihg(ʰ)-o-, a form of *gʷréh₂us (“heavy”), from *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”) + *-us (“forms adjectives”).

• IPA^(key): /kɾiːɡ/

krig m (definite singular krigen, indefinite plural kriger, definite plural krigene)

1. war

   Synonyms: kamp, strid, ufred

   Antonym: fred

   krigen mellom Russland og Sverige ― the war between Russia and Sweden

• “krig” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 413

Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch, from Proto-West Germanic *krīg. Unlike Faroese kríggj and Swedish krig, the Norwegian word has masculine gender (similar to common gender in Danish krig).

• IPA^(key): /kriː(ɡ)/

Pronunciation with silent g is not common today anymore.

krig m (definite singular krigen, indefinite plural krigar, definite plural krigane)

1. war

   Synonyms: kamp, strid, ufred

   Antonym: fred

• “krig” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “krig” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

krig

1. banana

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

• krieg, krēg, chrēg

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *krīg.

krig m

1. persistence; stubbornness
2. defiance

• widarkrēgi
• widarkriegelīn

• Middle High German: kriec
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: khriage, khriig (Sette Comuni)

    Mòcheno: kriag

  • Central Franconian: Kriech, Kreech (Ripuarian; northern Moselle Franconian)
    • Hunsrik: Kriegh, kriich
    • Luxembourgish: Krich
  • German: Krieg
  • Rhine Franconian: Kriech, Krieg, Kriesch

    Frankfurterisch: [kʀiːʃ]

  • Vilamovian: krig
  • Yiddish: קריג (krig)

Borrowed from German Krieg.

krig m inan

1. war

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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Polański, Kazimierz (1971) “krig”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 294
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “krig”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 84
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Kriech”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 473

Borrowed from Middle Low German krîch. Unlike Norwegian and Danish krig, the Swedish word has neutrum gender like Faroese kríggj.

• IPA^(key): /kriːɡ/
• Rhymes: -iːɡ

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krig n

1. war

   Antonym: fred

• krig in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krig in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• krig in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Inherited from Middle High German kriec, from Old High German krig.

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krig m (plural krigia)

1. war

• klig (Original Volapük, Old Volapük)

Borrowed from German Krieg (“war”).

• IPA^(key): /kriɡ/

krig (nominative plural krigs)

1. war
   • 1951, editors, "REIDANES LESTÜMIK OBAS.", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, 1, 1.

     Dub volakrigs tel, dub krigs votik, dub voluts laf epasetiköl tumyela at evedon tumyelalaf mifätik.

     Because of two world wars, because of other wars, because of revolts the past half of this century has become a catastrophic half-century.

• volakrig (“world war”)