krabba
Norwegian Bokmål
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish krabba, krabbe, from Old Norse krabbi, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰ- (“to crawl, scratch”). See also kräfta (“crayfish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkraˌbːa/
Noun
krabba c
- a crab (animal)
- Små krabbor sprang upp och ner längs stranden.
- Little crabs scuttled up and down the beach.
Declension
| Declension of krabba | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | krabba | krabban | krabbor | krabborna |
| Genitive | krabbas | krabbans | krabbors | krabbornas |
Derived terms
- blåskrabba
- cirkelkrabba
- fyrkantskrabba
- kamtjatkakrabba
- krabbfiske
- krabbtaska
- krabbtina
- kungskrabba
- landkrabba
- marmorkrabba
- nagelkrabba
- näskrabba
- snökrabba
- spindelkrabba
- stenkrabba
- strandkrabba
- tjockhårskrabba
- tretandskrabba
Verb
krabba
- (Southern dialect) To act up or give trouble.
- Synonym: krångla
- Datorn har krabbat hela dagen.
- The computer has been acting up the whole day.
- Sluta krabba!
- Stop complicating things!
- 2017 May 21, “Krasch, pang, bom [Crash, bang, boom]”, in Sydöstran:
- Känns så skönt efter en tid när det krabbat mycket, säger han.
- It feels so good after a time when there was a lot of trouble, he says.
- 2018 April 18, Dan Rapp, “Ljungby välkomnar inte längre E4-bilisterna [Ljungby no longer welcomes E4 motorists]”, in Smålänningen:
- [Skyltarna] har, på ren småländska, krabbat.
- [The signs] have, in plain Smålandian, acted up.
- (Southern dialect) To struggle, to try one's best.
- 1896, Thure Sällberg, På kyrkobacke och i gillestuga, page 134:
- Under vårterminen däremot svärmade han endast för Upsalaflickor och friade och krabbade det värsta han kunde.
- During the spring term, on the other hand, he only courted Uppsala girls and proposed and struggled to the best of his ability.
- 1936, Ragnar Jändel, Barndomstid, page 224:
- Karin har slitit och krabbat på alla sätt och de har halvsvultit.
- Karin has toiled and struggled in every way and they have half-starved.
- (Southern dialect) To fiddle or tinker with.
- 2018 October 30, “Framgångsrik säsong för Karlsson [Successful season for Karlsson]”, in Smålänningen:
- Det började när man var yngre och var med när pappa krabbade.
- It started when one were younger and was there when dad tinkered.
- 2019 December 23, anonymous author, “Dålig mobiltäckning ett problem i hemtjänsten [Poor mobile coverage a problem in the home care]”, in Smålänningen (Letter to the editor):
- Och de äldre tycker inte om detta att vi ska hålla på att krabba med mobilen, när det är dem vi ska hjälpa.
- And the elderly don't like this, that we have to keep fiddling with the mobile phone, when it's them we're supposed to help.
- 2023 July 29, Christopher Johansson, “Räsers mopperally på Bolmendagen: ”Det är det som är friheten” [Räser's moped rally on Bolmen Day: "That is the freedom"]”, in Smålänningen:
- Jag började 2010, då köpte jag den förste som jag började krabba med och renovera.
- I started in 2010, then I bought the first one that I started to tinker with and renovate.
- (dated) To scratch.
- 1891, Malvina Bråkenhielm, Fjällrosorna, page 182:
- Så snart kusken fick en vink om , att han skulle köra bort med hästarne, som stampade och kokett krabbade upp sand med de fina framhofvarne, […]
- As soon as the coachman received a signal that he should drive away with the horses, which stamped and coquettish scraped the sand with their delicate front hooves, […]
See also
- krabbig (“comblicated, troublesome”)
Further reading
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