krympa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse krimpa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪmpa/
• Rhymes: -ɪmpa
• Hyphenation: krym‧pa

Verb

krympa (third person singular past indicative krympaði, third person plural past indicative krympaðu, supine krympað)

1. (intransitive) to shrink

Conjugation

Conjugation of krympa (group v-30)
infinitive	krympa
supine	krympað
participle (a6)1	krympandi	krympaður
	present	past
first singular	krympi	krympaði
second singular	krympar	krympaði
third singular	krympar	krympaði
plural	krympa	krympaðu
	imperative
singular	krympa!
plural	krympið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

References

• "krympa" at Sprotin.fo

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish krympa, from Old Norse krimpa (Compare Old West Norse kreppa), from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.

Verb

krympa (present krymper, preterite krympte, supine krympt, imperative krymp)

1. to shrink (become smaller)
2. to shrink (make smaller)

   Älskling, jag krympte barnen

   Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (movie title, 1989)

Conjugation

Conjugation of krympa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	krympa		krympas
Supine	krympt		krympts
Imperative	krymp		—
Imper. plural1	krympen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	krymper	krympte	krymps, krympes	krymptes
Ind. plural1	krympa	krympte	krympas	krymptes
Subjunctive2	krympe	krympte	krympes	krymptes
	Participles
Present participle	krympande
Past participle	krympt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• förkrympt
• krympmån
• krympslang

Related terms

• krympning

References

• krympa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• krympa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krympa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)