kränken

From Middle High German krenken (“to make ill”), from kranc (“ill”), ultimately from the root of krank (“ill”). Cognate with Dutch krenken and Luxembourgish kränken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁɛŋkən/

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• Hyphenation: krän‧ken

kränken (weak, third-person singular present kränkt, past tense kränkte, past participle gekränkt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to insult, offend
2. to hurt someone's feelings
3. to wound (psychologically), belittle
4. to slight, detract from
   • 1876, Moriz Haupt, “Ueber Joseph Scaliger und die von Haase vorgeschlagene umstellung tibullischer versreihen”, in Opuscula, volume 3, part 1, Leipzig: Hirzel, page 33:

     man darf, ohne Scaligers ruhm zu kränken, behaupten dass kein grosser philolog neben sicheren entdeckungen des glänzendsten scharfsinnes so viel grammatisch unmögliches aufgestellt hat.

     It can be said, without detracting from Scaliger’s fame, that no great philologist has ever set up so many grammatical impossibilities alongside the sure discoveries of the most brilliant ingenuity.

• Kränkung

• krank

• “kränken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “kränken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “kränken” in Duden online
• “kränken” in OpenThesaurus.de
• “kränken” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

From Middle High German krenken, ultimately from the root of krank (“ill”). Cognate with German kränken, Dutch krenken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʀæŋken/, [ˈkʀæŋkən]

kränken (third-person singular present kränkt, past participle gekränkt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to offend, to insult

• (to offend): blesséieren, toufen, vexéieren