Krebs

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See also: krebs and krebs'

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

As a German, Alemannic German, and occasionally Danish surname, from the noun Krebs (“crab”).

Proper noun

Krebs (countable and uncountable, plural Krebs or Krebses)

  1. (countable) A surname from German.
  2. A city in Oklahoma, United States

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Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German krebz, krebez, krebeze, from Old High German crebiz, krebiz, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- (“to scratch”), see also Old Prussian gīrbin (“number”), Old Church Slavonic жрѣбии (žrěbii, “lot, tallymark”), Ancient Greek γράφειν (gráphein, “to scratch, etch”), Dutch kreeft.

The sense “cancer” is a semantic loan from Latin cancer. By metathesis from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”); applied to cancerous tumors because the enlarged veins resembled the legs of a crab.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁeːps/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /kʁɛps/ (regionally, chiefly western German)
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Noun

Krebs m (strong, genitive Krebses, plural Krebse)

  1. crustacean, crab, crayfish
  2. cancer (disease)
  3. (astronomy, astrology) Cancer

Declension

Declension of Krebs
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Krebs die Krebse
genitive eines des Krebses der Krebse
dative einem dem Krebs, Krebse1 den Krebsen
accusative einen den Krebs die Krebse

1Now rare, see notes.

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Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Danish: krebs
  • → German Low German: Krebs
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: kreps
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kreps
  • → Saterland Frisian: Krääps
  • → Scanian: krævs
  • → Yiddish: קרעבס (krebs)

See also

Zodiac signs in German (layout · text)
Widder Stier Zwillinge Krebs
Löwe Jungfrau Waage Skorpion
Schütze Steinbock Wassermann Fische

Further reading

  • “Krebs” in Duden online
  • “Krebs” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German krebz, krebez, krebeze, from Old High German crebiz, krebiz, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit.

Pronunciation

Noun

Krebs m (plural Krebs)

  1. crab
  2. cancer

Derived terms

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Krebs m pers (female equivalent Krebsová)

  1. a male surname from German

Further reading

  • “Krebs”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
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