krok

Inherited from Old Czech krok, from Proto-Slavic *korkъ.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkrok]

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krok m inan

1. step, pace

• “krok”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “krok”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “krok”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korkъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: krok

krok m inan (diminutive kroczk, related adjective kroczny or krokòwi)

1. step, pace (motion taken while walking)
2. step, pace (distance covered by such an action)
3. (anatomy) perineum
4. (collective) children

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “krok”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 80
• Sychta, Bernard (1968) “krok”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 2 (H – L), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 255
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “krok”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “krok”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “krok”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

From Old Norse krókr, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gerg-.

krok m (definite singular kroken, indefinite plural kroker, definite plural krokene)

1. a hook
2. a corner (e.g. of a room)

• fiskekrok
• kroksjø
• avkrok

• “krok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse krókr.

krok m (definite singular kroken, indefinite plural krokar, definite plural krokane)

1. a hook
2. a corner (e.g. of a room)

• fiskekrok
• kroksjø

• “krok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korkъ.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkrok/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkrok/

krok m inan

1. step, pace
2. walking
3. (metrology) step (Roman unit of length equal to five Roman feet)
4. (in the plural) steps (roundly bounded place designated for trial; judicial duel)

• Czech: krok

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “krok”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korkъ. First attested in 1652.

krok m inan

1. step, pace
2. (metrology) step (Roman unit of length equal to five Roman feet)
3. step; deed, action

• Slovak: krok

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “krok”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Inherited from Old Polish *krok. First attested in 1534.^[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: krok

krok m inan (diminutive kroczek, related adjective kroczny)

1. step (advance or movement made from one foot to the other; a pace)
2. step (space passed over by one movement of the foot in walking or running)
3. step, pace (gait; manner of walking)

   Synonym: chód

4. step (small space or distance) [with od (+ genitive) ‘from something’ and do (+ genitive) ‘to something’]
5. step (proceeding; measure; action; act)

   Synonym: czyn

6. step (distinct part of a process; stage; phase)

   Synonym: postęp

7. crotch (area in clothes where the area for legs are sewn)
   1. (Middle Polish) animal's behind (back end of an animal)
8. (anatomy) crotch, perineum

   Synonym: krocze

9. (metrology, Ancient Rome) step (Roman unit of length equal to five Roman feet)
10. (obsolete) entry (ability to enter)
11. (Middle Polish) feet

    Synonyms: nogi, stopy

12. (Middle Polish) trace, track, trail

    Synonyms: ślad, trop

13. (Middle Polish) straddle (posture)

    Synonym: rozkrok

14. (Middle Polish) loin cloth worn for decency

• → Belarusian: крок (krok)
• → Ukrainian: крок (krok)

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), krok is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 7 times in scientific texts, 23 times in news, 16 times in essays, 48 times in fiction, and 10 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 104 times, making it the 596th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[2]

• krok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• krok in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wiesław Morawski (10.08.2023) “KROK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “krok”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “krok”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “krok”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 556
• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “krok”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “krok”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “krok”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Inherited from Old Polish *krok.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: krok

krok m inan (diminutive kroczek)

1. step, pace (motion taken while walking)
2. step, pace (distance covered by such an action)

• krok in silling.org

Inherited from Old Slovak krok, from Proto-Slavic *korkъ.

• IPA^(key): [krɔk]

krok m inan (related adjective krokový, diminutive krôčik)

1. step, pace (motion taken while walking)
2. step, pace (distance covered by such an action)
3. step; deed, action
4. step (phase; part of a whole)

• “krok”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

From Old Swedish krōker, from Old Norse krókr (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ger-.

krok c

1. hook; a rod bent into a curved shape
2. hook; a fishhook
3. hook; a type of punch

• i krokarna (“nearby, around here”)
• krokig

• hake (“hook for fastening or suspending”)

• krok in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• krok in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krok in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kork

krok (nominative plural kroks)

1. crocus