kriechen
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See also: Kriechen
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Middle High German kriechen, from Old High German kriochan, from Proto-West Germanic *kreukan, from Proto-Germanic *kreukaną.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kriechen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present kriecht, past tense kroch, past participle gekrochen, past subjunctive kröche, auxiliary sein)
- (intransitive) to creep; to crawl
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | kriechen | ||||
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present participle | kriechend | ||||
past participle | gekrochen | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich krieche | wir kriechen | i | ich krieche | wir kriechen |
du kriechst | ihr kriecht | du kriechest | ihr kriechet | ||
er kriecht | sie kriechen | er krieche | sie kriechen | ||
preterite | ich kroch | wir krochen | ii | ich kröche1 | wir kröchen1 |
du krochst | ihr krocht | du kröchest1 du kröchst1 |
ihr kröchet1 ihr kröcht1 | ||
er kroch | sie krochen | er kröche1 | sie kröchen1 | ||
imperative | kriech (du) krieche (du) |
kriecht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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