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Krätsch
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Luxembourgish
Alternative forms
lb Grätsch now dialectal
Etymology
Deverbal from lb graatschen to walk in a crooked way”, especially “with the feet wide apart, which is cognate with de grätschen. The Kr- onset through influence of the older synonym lb Kréck (from gmw-pro *krukkju).
Pronunciation
lb [kʀæt͡ʃ]
Noun
f
crutch
lb archaic Kréck
lb Wéi ech mer d’Bee gebrach hat, konnt ech zwee Méint nëmmen op Krätsche goen. When I’d broken my leg, I could only walk on crutches for two months.