Noun: kräva
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | kräva |
| Sg. Def. | krävan |
| Pl. Indef. | krävor |
| Pl. Def. | krävorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | krävas |
| Sg. Def. | krävans |
| Pl. Indef. | krävors |
| Pl. Def. | krävornas |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kräva
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Old Swedish kræva, kræve, from a Old Norse *kravi, of uncertain origin. See Old Norse kragi.
2. Cognate of Danish krave (“collar, crop of a bird”), English craw (“crop of a bird”), potentially also Swedish krage. See: Old Norse Nouns '
*kravi', Old Norse Nouns '
kragi', Danish Nouns '
krave', English Nouns '
craw', Swedish Nouns '
krage'.
Verbs referencing "kräva"
English Nouns
crave, English Nouns
craw, Swedish Nouns
krage.
Translations
necessitate, to make necessary; require something to be brought about
demand, to request forcefully
require, to need