Kram

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German krām (“merchant tent; wares”), from Old High German krām (“merchant tent; tent cloth”), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, “pub, inn”) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, “tent”).

The semantic development is “tent cloth” → “merchant tent” → “shop” → “wares” → “stuff”. Cognate with Dutch kraam (“booth, stall”). and Yiddish קראָם (krom, “shop”). More at crame.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁaːm/
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Noun

Kram m (strong, genitive Krames or Krams, no plural)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) stuff
    Synonyms: Krempel, Zeug; see also Thesaurus:Zeug
  2. (archaic) little shop; booth; stall

Declension

Declension of Kram
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Kram
genitive eines des Krames, Krams
dative einem dem Kram, Krame1
accusative einen den Kram

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Kashubian: króm
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kraam1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

  • “Kram” in Duden online
  • “Kram” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Kram on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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