An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/krächzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry krächzen. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2691118An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — krächzenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ krächzen, verb, ‘to croak,’ Modern High German only, a derivative of krachen; in Middle High German krochzen, Old High German chrocchezan, ‘to croak,’ which is related by gradation to the stem of krachen. From Anglo-Saxon cracian, cracettan was formed, like Modern High German krächzen, from krachen.

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