krass

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See also: Krass and kraß

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

18th century, from Latin crassus. See English crass for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁas/
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  • Rhymes: -as

Adjective

krass (strong nominative masculine singular krasser, comparative krasser, superlative am krassesten)

  1. stark, extreme
    krasse Gegensätze ― stark contrasts
  2. (colloquial) amazing, incredible, remarkable
    Das ist ja krass! Das hat der echt zu dir gesagt?!
    That’s incredible! He really said this to you?!
  3. (youth slang) awesome, phat, cool
    Krasse Schuhe, Alter!
    Cool shoes, mate!

Usage notes

  • The spelling krass has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s. In the affected areas, the previous spelling (kraß) is now less common, and may be regarded as a misspelling.

Declension

Positive forms of krass
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist krass sie ist krass es ist krass sie sind krass
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative krasser krasse krasses krasse
genitive krassen krasser krassen krasser
dative krassem krasser krassem krassen
accusative krassen krasse krasses krasse
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der krasse die krasse das krasse die krassen
genitive des krassen der krassen des krassen der krassen
dative dem krassen der krassen dem krassen den krassen
accusative den krassen die krasse das krasse die krassen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein krasser eine krasse ein krasses (keine) krassen
genitive eines krassen einer krassen eines krassen (keiner) krassen
dative einem krassen einer krassen einem krassen (keinen) krassen
accusative einen krassen eine krasse ein krasses (keine) krassen
Comparative forms of krass
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist krasser sie ist krasser es ist krasser sie sind krasser
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative krasserer krassere krasseres krassere
genitive krasseren krasserer krasseren krasserer
dative krasserem krasserer krasserem krasseren
accusative krasseren krassere krasseres krassere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der krassere die krassere das krassere die krasseren
genitive des krasseren der krasseren des krasseren der krasseren
dative dem krasseren der krasseren dem krasseren den krasseren
accusative den krasseren die krassere das krassere die krasseren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein krasserer eine krassere ein krasseres (keine) krasseren
genitive eines krasseren einer krasseren eines krasseren (keiner) krasseren
dative einem krasseren einer krasseren einem krasseren (keinen) krasseren
accusative einen krasseren eine krassere ein krasseres (keine) krasseren
Superlative forms of krass
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am krassesten sie ist am krassesten es ist am krassesten sie sind am krassesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative krassester krasseste krassestes krasseste
genitive krassesten krassester krassesten krassester
dative krassestem krassester krassestem krassesten
accusative krassesten krasseste krassestes krasseste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der krasseste die krasseste das krasseste die krassesten
genitive des krassesten der krassesten des krassesten der krassesten
dative dem krassesten der krassesten dem krassesten den krassesten
accusative den krassesten die krasseste das krasseste die krassesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein krassester eine krasseste ein krassestes (keine) krassesten
genitive eines krassesten einer krassesten eines krassesten (keiner) krassesten
dative einem krassesten einer krassesten einem krassesten (keinen) krassesten
accusative einen krassesten eine krasseste ein krassestes (keine) krassesten

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German krass, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

krass (neuter singular krast, definite singular and plural krasse, comparative krassere, indefinite superlative krassest, definite superlative krasseste)

  1. crass
  2. coarse, gross

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German krass, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

krass (neuter singular krast, definite singular and plural krasse, comparative krassare, indefinite superlative krassast, definite superlative krassaste)

  1. crass
  2. coarse, gross

References

Swedish

Etymology

From German krass, from Latin crassus.

Adjective

krass (comparative krassare, superlative krassast)

  1. crass (materialistic)
  2. harsh, merciless

Declension

Inflection of krass
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular krass krassare krassast
Neuter singular krasst krassare krassast
Plural krassa krassare krassast
Masculine plural3 krasse krassare krassast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 krasse krassare krassaste
All krassa krassare krassaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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References

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