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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German krām (“merchant tent; wares”), from Old High German krām (“merchant tent; tent cloth”). Cognate with German Kram.
Pronunciation
Noun
קראָם • (krom) f, plural קראָמען (kromen), diminutive קרעמל (kreml)
- shop, store (establishment that sells goods)
- Synonyms: געשעפֿט (gesheft), קלייט (kleyt)
חן און מזל קויפֿט מען נישט אין קראָם.- kheyn un mazl koyft men nisht in krom.
- one cannot buy favor or luck in a store.
Derived terms
- אוניווערסאַל־קראָם (universal-krom)
- אײַזנקראָם (ayznkrom), אײַזנוואַרגקראָם (ayznvargkrom)
- אַפּטייקקראָם (apteykkrom, “pharmacist”)
- באַקאַליי־קראָם (bakaley-krom)
- ביכערקראָם (bikherkrom)
- בשמים-קראָם (bsomim-krom, “spice shop”)
- הוטקראָם (hutkrom, “hat shop”)
- קליידערקראָם (kleyderkrom, “clothes store”)
- שפּײַזקראָם (shpayzkrom)
- שניטקראָם (shnitkrom, “dry goods store”)
- שפּאָרקראָם (shporkrom, “thrift shop”)
- שפּילכלקראָם (shpilkhlkrom, “toy shop”)
- שוכקראָם (shukhkrom, “shoe shop”)
- טאַנדעטקראָם (tandetkrom, “second-hand shop”)
- צירונגקראָם (tsirungkrom, “jewelry store”)