Kreta

See also: kreta, Kréta, krętą, kręta, kréta, and Kretą

Danish

Etymology

Via German Kreta and Latin Crēta from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥ɛːtˢa], [ˈkʰʁ̥æːtˢa]

Proper noun

Kreta

1. Crete

Dutch

Topografische kaart van Kreta
Topographical map of Crete

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kreta n

1. Crete (Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea)

See also

• Kretenzisch

Anagrams

• kater, raket

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Crēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁeːta/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kreta n (proper noun, genitive Kretas or (optionally with an article) Kreta)

1. Crete (an island and administrative region of Greece, in the Mediterranean Sea)

Related terms

• Kreter
• kretisch

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Kreta f

1. Crete (island)

Declension

    Declension of Kreta

nominative	Kreta
genitive	Kretos
dative	Kretai
accusative	Kretą
instrumental	Kreta
locative	Kretoje
vocative	Kreta

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Kreta

1. Crete (Greek island)

Related terms

• kreter
• kretisk

Anagrams

• aktre, arket, karet, karte, kater, kraet, raket, rakte, trake, akter, traké, akter

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Kreta

1. Crete (Greek island)

Related terms

• kretar
• kretisk

Polish

Kreta

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Crēta, from Ancient Greek Κρήτη (Krḗtē). Doublet of kreda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɛ.ta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: Kre‧ta
• Homophone: kreta

Proper noun

Kreta f

1. Crete (Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea)

Declension

Declension of Kreta

	singular
nominative	Kreta
genitive	Krety
dative	Krecie
accusative	Kretę
instrumental	Kretą
locative	Krecie
vocative	Kreto

Derived terms

adjective

• kreteński

 

nouns

• Kretenka
• Kreteńczyk

 

Further reading

• Kreta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krěːta/
• Hyphenation: Kre‧ta

Proper noun

Kréta f (Cyrillic spelling Кре́та)

1. (Bosnia, Croatia) Crete

   Synonym: (Bosnian, Serbian) Krȋt

Declension

Declension of Kreta

	singular
nominative	Kreta
genitive	Krete
dative	Kreti
accusative	Kretu
vocative	Kreto / Kreta
locative	Kreti
instrumental	Kretom

References

• “Kreta”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kréːta/

Proper noun

Krẹ̑ta f

1. Crete

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Kréta
genitive	Kréte
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Kréta
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Kréte
dative (dajȃlnik)	Kréti
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Kréto
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Kréti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Kréto

Related terms

• Krečàn / Krečánka
• krétski

Swedish

Proper noun

Kreta n (genitive Kretas)

1. Crete

Anagrams

• akter, arket, karet