kriegen
German (Berlin)
/ˈkriːɡən/, /ˈkriəɡən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (chiefly) to get
- (chiefly) to catch, to come down with
- (dated) to war
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kriegen (conquer property land, war).
Origin
Middle High German
kriegen
Gloss
conquer property land, war
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abkriegen German
- einkriegen German
- fertig German
- fertigkriegen German
- herauskriegen German
- klein German
- kleinkriegen German
- unterkriegen German
- doorkrijgen Dutch, Flemish
- herkrijgen Dutch, Flemish
- krijgen Dutch, Flemish
- verkrijgen Dutch, Flemish
- krige Norwegian Bokmål
- krige Norwegian Nynorsk
- crigen Middle Dutch
- kry Afrikaans
- kriegen Middle High German
- krīgen Middle High German
- kréien Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- krigen Middle Low German
- krîgen Middle Low German
- kriegen German Low German
- krijje Central Franconian