Meaning

1 senses

  1. To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.

    krächzen

    ка́ркатьkárkatʹ, ка́ркнутьkárknutʹ, гра́ятьgrájatʹ

    кря́катиkrjákaty, кря́кнути pf ка́ркатиkrjáknuty

More definitions
  • utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens

Examples

18 sentences

  1. The crow was cawing loudly.

    Ворона гучно каркала. — deniko

    ruВорона громко каркала. — Balamax

    deLaut krächzte die Krähe. — Sudajaengi

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  2. The crow cawed from the treetop.

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  3. The crow cawed from the tree.

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  4. The cawing of a crow startled me.

    ruКарканье ворона меня напугало. — odexed

    deDas Krächzen einer Krähe hat mich erschreckt. — Yakuwari

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  5. Have you ever heard a raven cawing?

    ruТы когда-нибудь слышал, как каркает ворон? — odexed

    deHast du schon einmal einen Raben krächzen gehört? — raggione

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make the cry of a crow, rook, or raven:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make the cry of a crow, rook, or raven:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make the cry of a crow, rook, or raven:

Forms

caws, cawing, cawed, cawed
Base formcaw · to caw
3rd person singularcaws
Present participlecawing
Past simplecawed
Past participlecawed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycaw
he, she, itcaws

Past simpleLesson

all personscawed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cawed
he, she, ithas cawed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill caw

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcawer

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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