krap

From Dutch krab, from Middle Dutch crabbe, from Old Dutch *krabba. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

krap (plural krappe, diminutive krappie)

1. crab
2. (uncountable) crab meat
3. (uncountable) bait made from crab meat
4. (botany, uncommon) devil's claw (plant of the genus Harpagophytum), especially when referring to the seeds

• (bait): krapaas
• (plant): duiwelsklou, kloudoring

From Dutch krabben, from Middle Dutch crabben, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krabbōną. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

krap (present krap, present participle krappende, past participle gekrap)

1. to scratch
2. to scrape
3. to write quickly, sloppily and illegibly
4. to rummage; to search for something either for the sake of finding something or out of curiosity

   Hy krap alweer in haar goed.

   He is rummaging through her things again.

• (to scrape): skraap
• (to rummage): grou

• krapmerk
• krapperig

From South Slavic; compare Bulgarian крап (krap), Serbo-Croatian krȁp.^[1][2]

krap m (plural krapa, definite krapi, definite plural krapat)

1. (zoology) carp
2. (figurative, derogatory) oaf, fool
3. (northern Gheg) kind of snapdragon, variety of orchid

• krapuliq

From Proto-Albanian *krapa, from Proto-Indo-European *kreh₁p- (“strong”) (compare Welsh craff, Serbo-Croatian krȉjep).^[3]

krap m (definite krapi)

1. (anatomy) collarbone, clavicle

   Synonyms: heqës, klavikul

• krape, krapje

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “krap”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 213

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• IPA^(key): /krɑp/
• Homophone: krab
• Rhymes: -ɑp

krap (comparative krapper, superlative krapst)

1. without much room, narrow, close

• krap bij kas

• krapi m

• IPA^(key): /kʰraːp/
• Rhymes: -aːp

krap n (genitive singular kraps, nominative plural kröp)

1. slush (half-melted snow or ice)

   Synonym: krepja

• karl í krapinu (“dauntless and strong”)
• krapelgur (“wet slush”)
• krapkenndur (“slushy”)

• krab

From French crabe.

krap

1. crab

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korpъ.

• IPA^(key): /krâp/

krȁp m (Cyrillic spelling кра̏п)

1. carp

   Synonym: šàran

• “krap”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Proto-Slavic *korpъ.

• IPA^(key): /kráp/

krȁp m anim

1. carp

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• “Krap”, in European Commission: Food, farming, fisheries‎, 2020, archived from the original on 2020-09-11
• “krap”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025