kreißen
German (Berlin)
verb-weak
Definitions
- (obsolete) to moan, groan in pain
- (dated) to labour to suffer the pangs of childbirth
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German krīzen (cry out loudly, shout, cry aloud, groan) inherited from Old High German *krīzan inherited from Proto-Germanic *krītaną (shout, cry out) derived from Proto-Indo-European *greyd- (shout).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*greyd-
Gloss
shout
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becry English
- catchcry English
- countercry English
- crier English
- criest English
- crieth English
- cry English
- crybaby English
- cryfest English
- cryful English
- crying English
- crysome English
- forecry English
- midcry English
- outcry English
- undercry English
- *crido Latin
- crīdāre Latin
- crīdō Latin
- gingrio Latin
- quirītō Latin
- Kreißsaal German
- Saal German
- krijsen Dutch, Flemish
- criable French
- criailler French
- criard French
- crier French
- crieur French
- récrier French
- écrier French
- *greyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *krītaną Proto-Germanic
- crien Middle English
- criement Old French
- crier Old French
- descrier Old French
- escrier Old French
- havok Old French
- krii Esperanto
- cridaner Catalan, Valencian
- cridar Catalan, Valencian
- crischen Middle Dutch
- *krīzan Old High German
- crier Norman
- krīzen Middle High German
- crier Middle French
- *crītan Old Dutch
- krîten Middle Low German
- *krītan Old Saxon
- crider Romansh
- *krītan Frankish
- cridar Old Occitan
- *krīta Old Frisian
- krieten German Low German
- karai Tok Pisin
- krai Tok Pisin
- kriye Mauritian Creole
- crié Louisiana Creole French
- kriye Seychellois Creole
- cly Chinook Jargon