krocht

• kroft (obsolete)

From Middle Dutch crocht, croft, from Old Dutch *krucht, *kruft (possibly attested in the placename Crochtem), from Proto-West Germanic *krufti, an early borrowing from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτή (kruptḗ). Cognate with Middle Low German kruft, German Gruft, Old English cruft. Doublet of crypte, grot, and gruft.

• IPA^(key): /krɔxt/

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• Hyphenation: krocht
• Rhymes: -ɔxt

krocht f (plural krochten, diminutive krochtje n)

1. underground cavity, vile and dark subterranean location
2. bad, substandard housing; a shanty
3. (architecture) underground vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or a crypt

• (shanty) spelonk

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krocht

1. second-person plural preterite of kriechen