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Yiddish
Etymology
Either directly borrowed from German Kran, derived via Polish kran or Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian кран (kran), or inherited from Middle High German krane, although that could have resulted in *קראָן (*kron). Ultimately from Old High German kran, from Proto-West Germanic *kranō.
Noun
קראַן • (kran) m, plural קראַנען (kranen) or קראַנעס (kranes)
- faucet, tap
- אָפּדרייען דעם קראַן ― opdreyen dem kran ― to turn on the faucet
- crane, derrick
References
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “קראַן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek , Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .