# krabba
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* krabben (of noun)
* krabbet (of verb)

### Noun

krabba m or f
* definite feminine singular of krabbe

### Verb

krabba
* simple past and past participle of krabbe

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* krabben

### Noun

krabba m or f
* definite feminine singular of krabbe

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish krabba, krabbe, from Old Norse krabbi, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰ- (“to crawl, scratch”). See also kräfta (“crayfish”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkraˌbːa/
* Audio (Småland):(file)

### Noun

krabba c
* a crab (animal)
    Krabban nöp min fotThe crab pinched my foot
    krabbans klorthe claws of the crab
    Små krabbor sprang upp och ner längs strandenLittle crabs scuttled up and down the beach

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | krabba | krabbas |
| singular | definite | krabban | krabbans |
| plural | indefinite | krabbor | krabbors |
| plural | definite | krabborna | krabbornas |

#### Derived terms

* blåskrabba
* cirkelkrabba
* fyrkantskrabba
* kamtjatkakrabba
* krabbfiske
* krabbtaska
* krabbtina
* kungskrabba
* landkrabba
* marmorkrabba
* nagelkrabba
* näskrabba
* snökrabba
* spindelkrabba
* stenkrabba
* strandkrabba
* tjockhårskrabba
* tretandskrabba

### Adjective

krabba
* inflection of krabb:
** definite singular
** plural

### Verb

krabba
* (Southern dialect) To act up or give trouble.
    Synonym: krångla
    Datorn har krabbat hela dagen.The computer has been acting up the whole day.
    Sluta krabba!Stop complicating things!
** 2017 May 21, “Krasch, pang, bom [Crash, bang, boom]”, in Sydöstran:Känns så skönt efter en tid när det krabbat mycket, säger han.It feels so good after a time when there was a lot of trouble, he says.
** 2018 April 18, Dan Rapp, “Ljungby välkomnar inte längre E4-bilisterna [Ljungby no longer welcomes E4 motorists]”, in Smålänningen:[Skyltarna] har, på ren småländska, krabbat.[The signs] have, in plain Smålandian, acted up.
* (Southern dialect) To struggle, to try one's best.
** 1896, Thure Sällberg, På kyrkobacke och i gillestuga, page 134:Under vårterminen däremot svärmade han endast för Upsalaflickor och friade och krabbade det värsta han kunde.During the spring term, on the other hand, he only courted Uppsala girls and proposed and struggled to the best of his ability.
** 1936, Ragnar Jändel, Barndomstid, page 224:Karin har slitit och krabbat på alla sätt och de har halvsvultit.Karin has toiled and struggled in every way and they have half-starved.
* (Southern dialect) To fiddle or tinker with.
** 2018 October 30, “Framgångsrik säsong för Karlsson [Successful season for Karlsson]”, in Smålänningen:Det började när man var yngre och var med när pappa krabbade.It started when one were younger and was there when dad tinkered.
** 2019 December 23, anonymous author, “Dålig mobiltäckning ett problem i hemtjänsten [Poor mobile coverage a problem in the home care]”, in Smålänningen (Letter to the editor):Och de äldre tycker inte om detta att vi ska hålla på att krabba med mobilen, när det är dem vi ska hjälpa.And the elderly don't like this, that we have to keep fiddling with the mobile phone, when it's them we're supposed to help.
** 2023 July 29, Christopher Johansson, “Räsers mopperally på Bolmendagen: ”Det är det som är friheten” [Räser's moped rally on Bolmen Day: "That is the freedom"]”, in Smålänningen:Jag började 2010, då köpte jag den förste som jag började krabba med och renovera.I started in 2010, then I bought the first one that I started to tinker with and renovate.
* (dated) To scratch.
** 1891, Malvina Bråkenhielm, Fjällrosorna, page 182:Så snart kusken fick en vink om , att han skulle köra bort med hästarne, som stampade och kokett krabbade upp sand med de fina framhofvarne, […]As soon as the coachman received a signal that he should drive away with the horses, which stamped and coquettish scraped the sand with their delicate front hooves, […]

#### See also

* krabbig (“comblicated, troublesome”)

#### Further reading

* Krabba, krabbig in the Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore

### References

* krabba in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* krabba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* krabba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)