crinkle – English noun declension

English noun forms of crinkle

Noun: crinkle
Singularcrinkle
Pluralcrinkles

Sample Sentences

  • He observed the crinkles forming around his eyes and suddenly felt old.

Etymology

From Middle English crenclen (“to bend, buckle”), from Old English *crinclian, frequentative form of Old English crincan (“to yield”), from Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, to fall, to yield”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with North Frisian krenge, krönge (“to obtain, reach, attain”), Dutch krinkelen (“to turn, wind”). Related to cringe. See: Old English Nouns '*crinclian', Old English Nouns 'crincan'.

Verbs referencing "crinkle"

Latvian Nouns gredzens.