kreng

kreng (plural krengs)

1. Alternative form of krang.

• “kreng”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

From Middle Dutch krenge, from Old French carogne (“carrion”), cognate of English crone.

• IPA^(key): /krɛŋ/

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• Hyphenation: kreng
• Rhymes: -ɛŋ

kreng n (plural krengen, diminutive krengetje n)

1. (literally) a cadaver, carcass, corpse, especially when in a state of decay; in particular an animal corpse

   Synonyms: kadaver, karkas

2. (figuratively) a bitch, shrew, hateful female

   Synonyms: feeks, teef

   Zijn schoonmoeder is echt een kreng. ― His mother-in-law is really a bitch.

3. (figuratively) a malicious and contemptible person

   Synonyms: klootzak, rotzak

4. (figuratively) an annoying object

   Synonyms: rotding, kutding

   Ik probeer het blik open te krijgen, maar het kreng werkt niet mee. ― I'm trying to open the can, but the damned thing won't cooperate.

• krengerig
• krengig

kreng

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) eye dialect spelling of kring

• rointj