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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)
- crayfish
- Cancer (someone with a Cancer star sign)
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