krijt

See also: Krijt

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /krɛi̯t/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: krijt
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch crijt, from Latin crēta.

Noun

krijt n (uncountable, diminutive krijtje n)

  1. chalk
  2. a piece of chalk (in the diminutive form)
Derived terms
  • biljartkrijt
  • bordkrijt
  • Krijt
  • krijten
  • krijtstreep
  • krijtwit
  • in het krijt staan
  • schoolkrijt
  • stoepkrijt
  • tekenkrijt
  • waskrijt
  • wascokrijt
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: kried
  • Papiamentu: kreit, krijt
  • Sranan Tongo: kreiti, kreeti
    • Caribbean Hindustani: kreiti
    • Saramaccan: keéti

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch crijt, from Middle Low German krît, a variant of Middle Low German krete, krêt, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kraitaz.

Noun

krijt n (uncountable, diminutive krijtje n)

  1. (dated, dialectal) battlefield, arena
    Synonyms: slagveld, strijdperk
  2. (dated, dialectal) region, area
    Synonyms: gebied, omgeving, streek
  3. (dated, dialectal) enclosure, enclosed area
    Synonym: perk
Derived terms
  • in het krijt treden

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

krijt

  1. inflection of krijten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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