krampe

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Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German crampo, northern variant of crampho, from Proto-Germanic *krampô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈkrampə/

Noun

krampe m or f (Central German)

  1. hook
    • c. 1400, anonymous author, “Ripuarischer Seelentrost”, in J. Pangkofer & G. Frommann, editor, Die Deutschen Mundarten‎, volume 1, published 1854, entry by Franz Pfeiffer: Beiträge zur Kenntniß der Kölnischen Mundart im 15. Jahrhundert, page 214:
      Do steis he noch eins, und zoe dem driden wail steis he de duire uss den krampen.
      Then he pushed once more, and when he did so for the third time, he pushed the door out of the hooks .
      (wail = wāl is the adverb “well”, modern Ripuarian wall, wahl)

Declension

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Descendants

  • German: Krampe

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Noun

krampe m (definite singular krampen, indefinite plural kramper, definite plural krampene)

  1. a spasm or cramp (a painful contraction of a muscle)
  2. (carpentry) a metal clamp
  3. a staple (U-shaped, of the type used for fencing wire)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

krampe m (definite singular krampen, indefinite plural krampar, definite plural krampane)

  1. cramp, spasm
  2. a staple

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