kraulen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkraʊ̯lən/, [ˈkʁaʊ̯.l̩n], [ˈkʁaʊ̯.lən] Rhymes: -aʊ̯lən Hyphenation: krau‧len === Etymology 1 === Iterative of now unused krauen, from Middle High German krouwen, from Old High German krouwōn, krouwen, from Proto-Germanic *krawwōną. Compare Dutch krauwen. Related to Proto-Germanic *krawa- (“claw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gar-, *ger- (“to tie, bind together”), whence probably also Proto-Germanic *krumô (“fragment”), Latin grypus (“hooknose”), gry (“dirt under the fingernails”). ==== Verb ==== kraulen (weak, third-person singular present krault, past tense kraulte, past participle gekrault, auxiliary haben) to fondle, tickle by scratching softly or running one’s fingertips over ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== Kräuel === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from English crawl (verb). ==== Verb ==== kraulen (weak, third-person singular present krault, past tense kraulte, past participle gekrault, auxiliary haben or sein) (swimming) to do the crawl ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== Kraul === References === === Further reading === “kraulen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “kraulen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “kraulen” in Duden online