What is "krige"

n. (plural indefinite of krig Danish) vb. (context intransitive English) To perform kriging of data

Krige may refer to the following people:

• Krige (surname), a surname, common in South Africa
• Alice Krige (born 1954), actress best known for her role in the Star Trek series as the Borg Queen
• Danie G. Krige (born 1919), South African mining engineer who pioneered the field of geostatistics
• Corné Krige (born 1975), South African rugby union footballer
• Uys Krige (1910–1987), South African writer, poet, playwright, translator, rugby player, war correspondent and romantic

Krige is a Afrikaner surname that probably means "warrior" or "soldier" (German:Krieg=war). The oldest document where this family name appears is a church register dated April 1400. The register shows the yearly contribution that the “Kryghe-hus” made to the church. In later church documents the name mostly appear as Kriege, but variations like Krige, Krigee and Crigee is also found.