krebs

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See also: Krebs and krebs'

Danish

Etymology

From German Krebs (crab, cancer), from Middle High German krebz, from Old High German krebiz, from Proto-West Germanic *krabit, from Proto-Germanic *krabitaz. Danish kræft (cancer) is borrowed from the Low German form of this word.

Pronunciation

Noun

krebs c (singular definite krebsen, plural indefinite krebs)

  1. crayfish
  2. Cancer (someone with a Cancer star sign)

Inflection

Declension of krebs
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krebs krebsen krebs krebsene
genitive krebs' krebsens krebs' krebsenes

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