See kreng in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "krengerig"
},
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}
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"2": "dum",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "fro",
"3": "carogne",
"t": "carrion"
},
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},
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"1": "en",
"2": "crone"
},
"expansion": "English crone",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch krenge, from Old French carogne (“carrion”), cognate of English crone.",
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"form": "krengen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
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"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
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"3": "+"
},
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}
],
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"a cadaver, carcass, corpse, especially when in a state of decay; in particular an animal corpse"
],
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"decay"
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"animal"
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"(literally) a cadaver, carcass, corpse, especially when in a state of decay; in particular an animal corpse"
],
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},
{
"word": "karkas"
}
],
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]
},
{
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"_dis": "18 31 29 22",
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"_dis": "25 39 11 26",
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30,
35
]
],
"english": "His mother-in-law is really a bitch.",
"text": "Zijn schoonmoeder is echt een kreng.",
"translation": "His mother-in-law is really a bitch.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a bitch, shrew, hateful female"
],
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"bitch",
"bitch"
],
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"shrew",
"shrew"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) a bitch, shrew, hateful female"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "feeks"
},
{
"word": "teef"
}
],
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"figuratively",
"neuter"
]
},
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],
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"a malicious and contemptible person"
],
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"malicious",
"malicious"
],
[
"contemptible",
"contemptible"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) a malicious and contemptible person"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "klootzak"
},
{
"word": "rotzak"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"neuter"
]
},
{
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{
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],
"english": "I'm trying to open the can, but the damned thing won't cooperate.",
"text": "Ik probeer het blik open te krijgen, maar het kreng werkt niet mee.",
"translation": "I'm trying to open the can, but the damned thing won't cooperate.",
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}
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"(figuratively) an annoying object"
],
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"word": "rotding"
},
{
"word": "kutding"
}
],
"tags": [
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"neuter"
]
}
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},
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},
{
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}
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"word": "kreng"
}
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"Dutch lemmas",
"Dutch neuter nouns",
"Dutch nouns",
"Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
"Dutch nouns with red links in their headword lines",
"Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms derived from Old French",
"Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ɛŋ"
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"word": "krengerig"
},
{
"word": "krengig"
}
],
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "fro",
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},
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"name": "der"
},
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"1": "en",
"2": "crone"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "krengetje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "-en",
"3": "+"
},
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}
],
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{
"parts": [
"kreng"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
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"a cadaver, carcass, corpse, especially when in a state of decay; in particular an animal corpse"
],
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"cadaver",
"cadaver"
],
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"carcass",
"carcass"
],
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"corpse",
"corpse"
],
[
"decay",
"decay"
],
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"animal",
"animal"
]
],
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"(literally) a cadaver, carcass, corpse, especially when in a state of decay; in particular an animal corpse"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kadaver"
},
{
"word": "karkas"
}
],
"tags": [
"literally",
"neuter"
]
},
{
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],
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30,
35
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30,
35
]
],
"english": "His mother-in-law is really a bitch.",
"text": "Zijn schoonmoeder is echt een kreng.",
"translation": "His mother-in-law is really a bitch.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a bitch, shrew, hateful female"
],
"links": [
[
"bitch",
"bitch"
],
[
"shrew",
"shrew"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) a bitch, shrew, hateful female"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "feeks"
},
{
"word": "teef"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a malicious and contemptible person"
],
"links": [
[
"malicious",
"malicious"
],
[
"contemptible",
"contemptible"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) a malicious and contemptible person"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "klootzak"
},
{
"word": "rotzak"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"neuter"
]
},
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46,
51
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36,
48
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],
"english": "I'm trying to open the can, but the damned thing won't cooperate.",
"text": "Ik probeer het blik open te krijgen, maar het kreng werkt niet mee.",
"translation": "I'm trying to open the can, but the damned thing won't cooperate.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an annoying object"
],
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[
"object",
"object"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) an annoying object"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "rotding"
},
{
"word": "kutding"
}
],
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"neuter"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/krɛŋ/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛŋ"
}
],
"word": "kreng"
}
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